Where should I put application configuration files for a Maven project?

Question

I\'m using the Maven Application Assembler plugin to generate stand-alone executables from my Java project. The application reads in configuration files, including Spring fi

Answer 1

For folks who have come to this more recently there is, since version 1.1 of the Application Assembler Plugin, the optional parameters configurationSourceDirectory and copyConfigurationDirectory. Please find them in an example POM.xml extract below:

  
  conf
  
  true
  
  
    true
  
...

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