I need help figuring out how to reference external properties in a child/module
pom file.
I have tried using filters, properties-maven-plugin - all the same - the
properties propagate to children project resources but do not resolve in the
pom files themselves, thus causing pom validation errors.
Specific example:
my-filter.properties contains:
foo=bar
parent pom contains:
<build>
....
<filters>
<filter>${my.basedir}/src/main/filters/my-filter.properties</filter>
</filters>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
<filtering>true</filtering>
</resource>
</resources>
</build>
child pom contains:
<[any-element]> ${foo}</[any-element]>
Expect: during initialization phase in the child project, the variable value is
substituted with "bar".
Instead, getting this error:
[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Cannot find lifecycle mapping for packaging: '${foo}'.
Component descriptor cannot be found in the component repository:
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.mapping.LifecycleMapping${foo}.
I am using maven 2.2.1
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
-Leonid
