maven: How to add resources which are generated after compilation phase

Question

I have a maven project which uses wsgen to generate XSD files from the compiled java classes.

The problem is that I want to add the generated files to the jar as resou

Answer 1

I would suggest to define the output directory for the XSD files into target/classes (may be with a supplemental sub folder which will be packaged later during the package phase into the jar. This can be achieved by using the maven-resources-plugin.

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        maven-resources-plugin
        3.0.2
        
          
            copy-resources
            process-classes
            
              copy-resources
            
            
              ${project.build.outputDirectory}
                        
                
                  ${basedir}/target/xsd-out
                  false
                
                            
                        
          
        
      
    
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You need to take care that the resources plugin is positioned after the plugin which is used to call the wsgen part. You can also use the prepare-package phase instead to make sure the resources will be correctly packaged.