How can I in a jsp page get maven project version number?

Question

I am working on a java web application, managed by maven2. From time to time, we did some changes, and want to do new releases, of course with new version number. In the hom

Answer 1

Use the maven-replacer-plugin

Include the plugin in your pom.xml like this:

    
        com.google.code.maven-replacer-plugin
        replacer
        (version)
        
            
                prepare-package
                
                    replace
                                    
            
        
        
            true
            target/someapp/jsp/helloWorld.jsp
            
                target/someapp/jsp/helloWorld-updated.jsp
            
            false
            $BUILD_NUMBER$
            ${buildNumber}
        
    

Now anywhere in the specified file that has the token$BUILD_NUMBER$ the token will get replaced.