Apache Maven Resources Plugin – Plugin Documentation

Plugin Documentation

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal	Description
resources:copy-resources	Copy resources of the configured plugin attribute resources
resources:help	Display help information on maven-resources-plugin. Call `mvn resources:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name>` to display parameter details.
resources:resources	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.
resources:testResources	Copy resources for the test source code to the test output directory. Always uses the project.build.testResources element to specify the resources to copy.

System Requirements

The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:

Maven	3.2.5
JDK	1.8

Usage

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM -->
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.3.1</version>
        </plugin>
        ...
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"