How to include a config file in the “META-INF/services” folder of a JAR using Maven

Question

I\'m working on a Java project in Eclipse, which is built using Maven. I\'m using some recycled code from an older project, and one of these classes looks for a file in the

Answer 1

Create a new source folder with the location src/main/resources, then create your META-INF/services folder in there and drop in your FQCN file. This should copy them into the jar file automatically. So you'll have:

Project
| src
| | main
|   | java
|     | [your source code]
|   | resources
|     | META-INF
|       | services
|         | [your service files]

It's worth noting that this applies to Gradle projects with the default source sets as well.