Rename a generated file in Maven before building WAR

Question

Fingers crossed you can help me!

I am using SmartSprites to combine the PNGs on my landing page into one, so that it will load quicker.

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Answer 1

You can use the Maven WAR plugin:

<plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
        <webResources>
            <resource>
                <directory><!-- Your output directory --></directory>
                <targetPath><!-- The target location of the files below --></targetPath>
                <includes>
                    <include><!-- file pattern --></include>
                    <include><!-- file pattern --></include>
                </includes>
            </resource>
        </webResources>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

You should also configure SmartSprites to use a different output directory to preserve the original CSS filename. Try the output-dir-path option with an empty css-file-suffix value.

Answer 2

I'm afraid you won't find anything simpler or more elegant than Maven AntRun Plugin with something like this:

<build>
  <plugins>
    <plugin>
      <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>1.7</version>
      <executions>
        <execution>
          <phase>prepare-package</phase>
          <configuration>
            <target>
              <copy file="${project.build.directory}/mystyle-sprite.css"
                tofile="${project.build.directory}/mystyle.css" />
            </target>
          </configuration>
          <goals>
            <goal>run</goal>
          </goals>
        </execution>
      </executions>
    </plugin>
  </plugins>
</build>