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resources:resources

Full name:

org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:3.3.1:resources

Description:

Copy resources for the main source code to the main output directory. Always uses the project.build.resources element to specify the resources to copy.

Attributes:

  • Requires a Maven project to be executed.
  • The goal is thread-safe and supports parallel builds.
  • Binds by default to the lifecycle phase: process-resources.

Required Parameters

Name Type Since Description
<outputDirectory> File - The output directory into which to copy the resources.
Default value is: ${project.build.outputDirectory}.

Optional Parameters

Name Type Since Description
<addDefaultExcludes> boolean 3.0.0 By default files like .gitignore, .cvsignore etc. are excluded which means they will not being copied. If you need them for a particular reason you can do that by settings this to false. This means all files like the following will be copied.
  • Misc: **/*~, **/#*#, **/.#*, **/%*%, **/._*
  • CVS: **/CVS, **/CVS/**, **/.cvsignore
  • RCS: **/RCS, **/RCS/**
  • SCCS: **/SCCS, **/SCCS/**
  • VSSercer: **/vssver.scc
  • MKS: **/project.pj
  • SVN: **/.svn, **/.svn/**
  • GNU: **/.arch-ids, **/.arch-ids/**
  • Bazaar: **/.bzr, **/.bzr/**
  • SurroundSCM: **/.MySCMServerInfo
  • Mac: **/.DS_Store
  • Serena Dimension: **/.metadata, **/.metadata/**
  • Mercurial: **/.hg, **/.hg/**
  • Git: **/.git, **/.git/**
  • Bitkeeper: **/BitKeeper, **/BitKeeper/**, **/ChangeSet, **/ChangeSet/**
  • Darcs: **/_darcs, **/_darcs/**, **/.darcsrepo, **/.darcsrepo/****/-darcs-backup*, **/.darcs-temp-mail

Default value is: true.
<delimiters> LinkedHashSet<String> 2.4

Set of delimiters for expressions to filter within the resources. These delimiters are specified in the form beginToken*endToken. If no * is given, the delimiter is assumed to be the same for start and end.

So, the default filtering delimiters might be specified as:

<delimiters>
  <delimiter>${*}</delimiter>
  <delimiter>@</delimiter>
</delimiters>

Since the @ delimiter is the same on both ends, we don't need to specify @*@ (though we can).
<encoding> String - The character encoding to use when reading and writing filtered resources.
Default value is: ${project.build.sourceEncoding}.
<escapeString> String 2.3 Expressions preceded with this string won't be interpolated. Anything else preceded with this string will be passed through unchanged. For example \${foo} will be replaced with ${foo} but \\${foo} will be replaced with \\value of foo, if this parameter has been set to the backslash.
<escapeWindowsPaths> boolean 2.4 Whether to escape backslashes and colons in windows-style paths.
Default value is: true.
<fileNameFiltering> boolean 3.0.0 Support filtering of filenames folders etc.
Default value is: false.
<filters> List<String> -

The list of extra filter properties files to be used along with System properties, project properties, and filter properties files specified in the POM build/filters section, which should be used for the filtering during the current mojo execution.

Normally, these will be configured from a plugin's execution section, to provide a different set of filters for a particular execution. For instance, starting in Maven 2.2.0, you have the option of configuring executions with the id's default-resources and default-testResources to supply different configurations for the two different types of resources. By supplying extraFilters configurations, you can separate which filters are used for which type of resource.
<includeEmptyDirs> boolean 2.3 Copy any empty directories included in the Resources.
Default value is: false.
<mavenFilteringHints> List<String> 2.4

List of plexus components hint which implements org.apache.maven.shared.filtering.MavenResourcesFiltering.filterResources(org.apache.maven.shared.filtering.MavenResourcesExecution). They will be executed after the resources copying/filtering.
<nonFilteredFileExtensions> List<String> 2.3 Additional file extensions to not apply filtering (already defined are : jpg, jpeg, gif, bmp, png)
<overwrite> boolean 2.3 Overwrite existing files even if the destination files are newer.
Default value is: false.
<propertiesEncoding> String 3.2.0 The character encoding to use when reading and writing filtered properties files. If not specified, it will default to the value of the "encoding" parameter.
<skip> boolean 3.0.0 You can skip the execution of the plugin if you need to. Its use is NOT RECOMMENDED, but quite convenient on occasion.
Default value is: false.
User property is: maven.resources.skip.
<supportMultiLineFiltering> boolean 2.5 stop searching endToken at the end of line
Default value is: false.
<useBuildFilters> boolean 2.4 If false, don't use the filters specified in the build/filters section of the POM when processing resources in this mojo execution.
See also: buildFilters, filters
Default value is: true.
<useDefaultDelimiters> boolean 2.4 Use default delimiters in addition to custom delimiters, if any.
Default value is: true.

Parameter Details

<addDefaultExcludes>

By default files like .gitignore, .cvsignore etc. are excluded which means they will not being copied. If you need them for a particular reason you can do that by settings this to false. This means all files like the following will be copied.
  • Misc: **/*~, **/#*#, **/.#*, **/%*%, **/._*
  • CVS: **/CVS, **/CVS/**, **/.cvsignore
  • RCS: **/RCS, **/RCS/**
  • SCCS: **/SCCS, **/SCCS/**
  • VSSercer: **/vssver.scc
  • MKS: **/project.pj
  • SVN: **/.svn, **/.svn/**
  • GNU: **/.arch-ids, **/.arch-ids/**
  • Bazaar: **/.bzr, **/.bzr/**
  • SurroundSCM: **/.MySCMServerInfo
  • Mac: **/.DS_Store
  • Serena Dimension: **/.metadata, **/.metadata/**
  • Mercurial: **/.hg, **/.hg/**
  • Git: **/.git, **/.git/**
  • Bitkeeper: **/BitKeeper, **/BitKeeper/**, **/ChangeSet, **/ChangeSet/**
  • Darcs: **/_darcs, **/_darcs/**, **/.darcsrepo, **/.darcsrepo/****/-darcs-backup*, **/.darcs-temp-mail
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 3.0.0
  • Required: No
  • Default: true

<delimiters>

Set of delimiters for expressions to filter within the resources. These delimiters are specified in the form beginToken*endToken. If no * is given, the delimiter is assumed to be the same for start and end.

So, the default filtering delimiters might be specified as:

<delimiters>
  <delimiter>${*}</delimiter>
  <delimiter>@</delimiter>
</delimiters>

Since the @ delimiter is the same on both ends, we don't need to specify @*@ (though we can).

  • Type: java.util.LinkedHashSet<java.lang.String>
  • Since: 2.4
  • Required: No

<encoding>

The character encoding to use when reading and writing filtered resources.
  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Required: No
  • Default: ${project.build.sourceEncoding}

<escapeString>

Expressions preceded with this string won't be interpolated. Anything else preceded with this string will be passed through unchanged. For example \${foo} will be replaced with ${foo} but \\${foo} will be replaced with \\value of foo, if this parameter has been set to the backslash.
  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Since: 2.3
  • Required: No

<escapeWindowsPaths>

Whether to escape backslashes and colons in windows-style paths.
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 2.4
  • Required: No
  • Default: true

<fileNameFiltering>

Support filtering of filenames folders etc.
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 3.0.0
  • Required: No
  • Default: false

<filters>

The list of extra filter properties files to be used along with System properties, project properties, and filter properties files specified in the POM build/filters section, which should be used for the filtering during the current mojo execution.

Normally, these will be configured from a plugin's execution section, to provide a different set of filters for a particular execution. For instance, starting in Maven 2.2.0, you have the option of configuring executions with the id's default-resources and default-testResources to supply different configurations for the two different types of resources. By supplying extraFilters configurations, you can separate which filters are used for which type of resource.

  • Type: java.util.List<java.lang.String>
  • Required: No

<includeEmptyDirs>

Copy any empty directories included in the Resources.
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 2.3
  • Required: No
  • Default: false

<mavenFilteringHints>

List of plexus components hint which implements org.apache.maven.shared.filtering.MavenResourcesFiltering.filterResources(org.apache.maven.shared.filtering.MavenResourcesExecution). They will be executed after the resources copying/filtering.

  • Type: java.util.List<java.lang.String>
  • Since: 2.4
  • Required: No

<nonFilteredFileExtensions>

Additional file extensions to not apply filtering (already defined are : jpg, jpeg, gif, bmp, png)
  • Type: java.util.List<java.lang.String>
  • Since: 2.3
  • Required: No

<outputDirectory>

The output directory into which to copy the resources.
  • Type: java.io.File
  • Required: Yes
  • Default: ${project.build.outputDirectory}

<overwrite>

Overwrite existing files even if the destination files are newer.
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 2.3
  • Required: No
  • Default: false

<propertiesEncoding>

The character encoding to use when reading and writing filtered properties files. If not specified, it will default to the value of the "encoding" parameter.
  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Since: 3.2.0
  • Required: No

<skip>

You can skip the execution of the plugin if you need to. Its use is NOT RECOMMENDED, but quite convenient on occasion.
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 3.0.0
  • Required: No
  • User Property: maven.resources.skip
  • Default: false

<supportMultiLineFiltering>

stop searching endToken at the end of line
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 2.5
  • Required: No
  • Default: false

<useBuildFilters>

If false, don't use the filters specified in the build/filters section of the POM when processing resources in this mojo execution.
See also: buildFilters, filters
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 2.4
  • Required: No
  • Default: true

<useDefaultDelimiters>

Use default delimiters in addition to custom delimiters, if any.
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 2.4
  • Required: No
  • Default: true