Using maven to build multiple resources assemblies that are very similar

Question

I\'m having a problem with this very redundant maven configuration.

The application I\'m working on sometimes gets built for environments that need alternate resourc

Answer 1

Assuming the following structure:

src/
└── main
    ├── assembly
    │   └── iterator.xml
    └── environment
        ├── dev
        │   └── server.properties
        ├── pretest
        │   └── server.properties
        ├── production
        │   └── server.properties
        ├── qa
        │   └── server.properties
        └── test
            └── server.properties

where you can use the following assembly-descriptor like this:

  ${item}
  
    war
  
  false
  
    
      true
      false
    
  
  
    
      WEB-INF
      ${basedir}/src/main/environment/${item}/
      
        **
      
    
  
      WEB-INF
      ${project.build.directory}/environment/${item}
      
        **
      
  
  

using the iterator-maven-plugin will solve the problem:

  
    
      
        com.soebes.maven.plugins
        iterator-maven-plugin
        0.2
        
          
            package
            
              executor
            
            
              
                dev
                test
                qa
                production
                pretest
              
              
                
                  single
                  
                    org.apache.maven.plugins
                    maven-assembly-plugin
                  
                  
                    
                      ${project.basedir}/src/main/assembly/iterator.xml
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
      
    
  

The iterator-maven-plugin is available via maven central. I think you can adapt the above configuration/structure to your problem.