Custom location of the Resource Adapter Descriptor

It is also possible to specify a custom location for the ra.xml file. For instance to use the file located in src/resources/ra.xml, configure your project as follows:

<project>
  [...]
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-rar-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.4</version>
        <configuration>
           <raXmlFile>src/resources/ra.xml</raXmlFile>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
  [...]
</project>

Then execute the plugin by invoking the rar:rar goal.

mvn rar:rar