Can't Figure Out How to Add System Properties For My Modules

[Mike Darretta]

I'm new to maven2 and can't seem to figure out how to replace my old 
build.properties.

I've done *all* of the following:
(1) Created ~/.m2/settings.xml:

<settings>
  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>project_name</id>
      <activation>
        <activeByDefault/>
      </activation>
      <properties>
        <system.property.name>
          system_property_value
        </system.property.name>
      </properties>
    </profile>
  </profiles>
</settings>

(2) Createed ${PROJECT_HOME}/profiles.xml (with the assumption that this 
is used for all modules as well):

<profilesXml>
  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>project_name</id>
      <activation>
        <activeByDefault/>
      </activation>
      <properties>
        <system.property.name>
          system_property_value
        </system.property.name>
      </properties>
    </profile>
  </profiles>
</profilesXml>

(3) Added filters to top-level pom.xml, and referenced my old 
build.properties file. In this instance, *some* of my resources had the 
properties properly inserted, but not the ones that count. For example, 
web.xml was filtered within the target/classes directory, but *not* 
within the target/${PROJECT_NAME}/WEB-INF directory, nor the actual 
repository version.

(4) Tried CLI maven -Dsystem.property.name=system_property_value clean 
install - nothing...

(5) Of course, all of my property keys are written as 
${system.property.name} within my module resoures.

This *has* to be an easy task, but I just am not getting it! Can anyone 
provide some assistance, maybe in the form of a good example file(s)?

By the way, I don't want the key/value pairs defined in my pom.xml 
(unless they are referencing the value as a variable).

Thanks.
Mike


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Mike Darretta
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
Sr. Software Engineer
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(c) 209.814.2774
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