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

I had been looking for an answer to what I think is your question, or at least a very similar question. Maven allows you to specify directories for resources using the maven-resources-plugin. I have a few configuration files in one of my resource directories. I've noticed that by putting copies of those files in the etc/ directory that you mention (which is at the beginning of my CLASSPATH) I can change values in those files for use at run time. I then wanted to have that etc/ directory created with copies of everything from my resource directory by default. The copy-resources goal from the maven-resources-plugin allowed me to do that. This stanza from Examples > Copy Resources on the left sidebar (I'm limited to 2 links in this post) is what did it for me:

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        maven-resources-plugin
        2.6
        
          
            copy-resources
            
            validate
            
              copy-resources
            
            
              ${basedir}/target/extra-resources
                        
                
                  src/non-packaged-resources
                  true
                
                            
                        
          
        
      
    
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