Change Maven Resource Directory
May 31, 2021
<resource> element in our pom.xml file. The default resource directory is src/main/resources .
Change Resource Directory
Find the Maven code to change the default directory.pom.xml
<project>
------
<build>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/my-resources</directory>
</resource>
------
</resources>
</build>
</project>
Create Many Resource Directories
We can create multiple resource directory using<resource> element multiple times within <resources> parent element.
pom.xml
<project>
------
<build>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/my-resources1</directory>
</resource>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/my-resources2</directory>
</resource>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/my-resources3</directory>
</resource>
------
</resources>
</build>
</project>
Create Maven Profile to Change Resource Directory
Here we will create two profiles prod and dev to change the default resource location. In our example, the dev profile will change to below resource location.src/main/resources/dev
src/main/resources/prod
pom.xml
<project> ------ <profiles> <profile> <id>dev</id> <activation> <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault> </activation> <build> <resources> <resource> <directory>src/main/resources/dev</directory> </resource> </resources> </build> </profile> <profile> <id>prod</id> <build> <resources> <resource> <directory>src/main/resources/prod</directory> </resource> </resources> </build> </profile> </profiles> </project>
mvn clean install
<activeByDefault> is true.
To execute prod profile, use below command.
mvn clean install -Pprod
References
Specifying resource directoriesIntroduction to Build Profiles
