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${file.separator} Resource Filtering In Windows/Unix (Maven Build)
In Maven, you can perform resource filtering using the ${file.separator}
property to handle file paths and separators in a platform-independent manner. Here's how you can use ${file.separator}
for resource filtering in Windows and Unix:
Configure the POM file:
In your project'spom.xml
, configure the resource filtering by adding the following plugin configuration:xml<build>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
<filtering>true</filtering>
<includes>
<include>**/*.properties</include>
</includes>
</resource>
</resources>
</build>
This configuration specifies the
src/main/resources
directory as the location of the resource files to be filtered. Modify the<includes>
section to match the specific files or patterns you want to include for filtering.Create the resource file:
In the resource file (e.g.,config.properties
), define placeholders that will be replaced during the filtering process. For example:propertiespath=${file.separator}path${file.separator}to${file.separator}file
In this example,
${file.separator}
is used to represent the file separator (e.g.,\
in Windows,/
in Unix).Perform resource filtering:
During the Maven build process, the resource files will be filtered, replacing the placeholders with the appropriate values. To trigger the resource filtering, use theprocess-resources
phase. Run the following Maven command:shellmvn process-resources
This command executes the resource filtering and copies the filtered files to the target directory.
After the resource filtering process, the resulting files in the target directory will have the placeholders replaced with the correct file separators based on the platform.
By using ${file.separator}
in your resource files, you can ensure platform-independent handling of file paths and separators during Maven builds, allowing your project to be built and executed correctly on both Windows and Unix systems.