Maven resource files, put java class files and property files in same directory

Question

I have java class files and property files in the same directory.

src/main/java/com/berlin/Test.class

src/main/java/com/berlin/Test.properties

With t

Answer 1

First you should place your resources into src/main/resources/com/berlin/Test.properties and your java source files into src/main/java/com/berlin/Test.java...Never put compiled classes into src/ folder... furthermore you should remove the configuration:

  <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
  <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
  <testSourceDirectory>test</testSourceDirectory>
  <resources>
        <resource>
            <directory>src</directory>
            <includes>
                <include>**</include>
            </includes>
            <excludes>
                <exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
            </excludes>
        </resource>
    </resources>

from your pom, cause you don't need it and furthermore it's wrong (Convention over configuration paradigm!). Take a look at the default folder layout in maven.

The Maven Way is to put the source files (*.java) into src/main/java, the resources src/main/resources. The unit test classes src/test/java and src/test/resources after compiling it will be put into target/classes or for the tests target/test-classes.

Answer 2

For the Maven reasons, you should place properties file into src/main/resources, not in src/main/java directory (keeping the same subfolder structure).

That being said, to get what you want you need to replace (in your pom.xml) src with src/main/java. Not tested, but if you have problems please share.

Answer 3

<build>
    <testResources>
        <testResource>
            <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
        </testResource>
        <testResource>
            <directory>src/test/java</directory>
            <excludes>
                <exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
            </excludes>
        </testResource>
    </testResources>
</build>