Can you not do this using filtered overlays in the maven-war-plugin.
Build a "generic" war, then have other war projects dependent on the
generic war as an overlay and apply property filters to it.
So you'd have one generic-war project, built in the usual way, with no
property filters. Then one or more configured war projects with a
dependency on the generic war. In those projects, configure the war
plugin like so.
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactid>
<configuration>
<overlays>
<overlay>
<groupId>your.group</groupId>
<artifactId>generic-war</artifactId>
<type>war</type>
<includes>
<include>file to be filtered</include>
<include>file to be filtered</include>
....
</includes>
<filtered>true</filtered>
</overlay>
<overlay>
<groupId>your.group</groupId>
<artifactId>generic-war</artifactId>
<type>war</type>
</overlay>
Two overlays cause you probably don't want to be filtering binary files.
Matt
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Wheeler [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 10:16 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Can Maven edit a WAR?
>
> On 03/08/2012 12:04 PM, Jared Hall wrote:
> > I would like to be able to modify the contents of a WAR file.
> >
> > Goal: I would like to be in a directory with my WAR and a pom.xml.
> When I type 'maven configure', I would like maven to apply a filter to
> some of the files in the war, and then leave behind the exact same
WAR,
> with the filters applied. I don't need to compile any files, I just
> need to apply some filters to some files that are already in a WAR.
> >
> > The motivation for this is that I compile something that is still
un-
> configured. I throw the war into my test environment and configure it.
> If it passes, I graduate it to production and re-configure it.
> >
> > Note: I don't care whether or not I use Maven or something like a
> scripting language to accomplish this. The end goal is what I
described
> above, one typed command that reconfigures the WAR. I thought Maven
> might be able to do most of the leg-work for me.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated, thanks.
> >
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> Maven is not a scripting tool.
> It has very definite ideas about how software gets built and this is
> not
> really in line with its ideas.
> In dealing with Maven, you have to conform to its process or you will
> have a miserable life until you submit.
> "Resistance is futile" is your best mantra when planning to do battle
> with Maven.
> Stop before you start.
>
> Try Ant.
> It is the Border Collie of Java tools and wants to do whatever you
want
> to do.
> It has no preconceived ideas about "Best Practices".
>
> Ron
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