Why are project layout resources kept separate from Java sources?

Question

Why does maven keep resources in a separate \"source folder\" from the Java sources?

From my experience, in Java the resource files are mostly treated like Java sou

Answer 1

The way I distinguish between the two is that the java folders default to allowing nothing to be built in the resulting jar, except the file types I list (e.g. *.class, *.html, *.properties if you're using Wicket), whereas all the stuff in resources will be copied in the build except the few exceptions I list.

Of course that's just my private convention, adhered to by myself.