Hi folks,
I've been working on web resource filtering with the war plugin and
came across a consideration I'd like to ask of the group.
What do you think of the term "resources" in the context of a war?
To me, <resources> in the POM should be considered anything including
the webapp resources, not just classpath resources. I see this
because classpath resources could easily be added to $
{warSourceDirectory}/WEB-INF/classes and used from there.
In this manner, ${warSourceDirectory} could be filtered with the same
constructions people are used to with the resources plugin. This is
the way I initially expected things to work. Brett felt otherwise
when I talked to him on IRC, but he also said he doesn't do filtering
with webapp content and I ought to ask people who care a little bit
more about this subject.
OPTION 1:
<resources> are added to plugin configuration. Someone who wanted to
filter their webapp resources would need to add a complete
<resources> configuration to their POM, such as:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0-beta-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
<configuration>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/webapp/WEB-INF</directory>
<filtering>true</filtering>
</resource>
</resources>
<filters>
<filter>
<filterproperties>${basedir}/src/main/
webapp/WEB-INF/classes/build.properties</filterproperties>
</filter>
</filters>
</configuration>
</plugin>
In this configuration, we still have overlap with the
warSourceDirectory parameter to the war plugin and extra code needs
to be added to deal with the circumstance that either/both are
specified.
OPTION 2:
Existing semantics for the resource plugin are preserved, but
interpreted slightly differently based on the <packaging>. When
<packaging>war</packaging>, we treat the <resources> as components of
the webapp. I think this significantly simplifies the user experience.
Opinions?
Brian
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