You need to configure filtering for the file you want filtered. Have a look at the war plugin for how to define which files get filtered
2009/3/30 James Depaul <[email protected]> > > > I've searched the archives for this but no luck - > > I need to build my web.xml file with specific values based on the target > environment for which I'm performing the build. Therefore, I'd like maven > to perform some variable substitution when I run the mvn install goal. I'm > trying to use profiles for this (though I obviously lack solid > understanding of profiles at this point). Here is what I did: > > > I've setup 3 profiles in the parent pom.xml file like this: > > <profiles> > <profile> > <id>dev</id> > <activation> > <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault> > </activation> > <properties> > <app.context.parm>dev_values...</app.context.parm> > </properties> > </profile> > <profile> > <id>qa</id> > <properties> > <app.context.parm>qa_values...</app.context.parm> > </properties> > </profile> > <profile> > <id>prod</id> > <properties> > <app.context.parm>prod_values...</app.context.parm> > </properties> > </profile> > </profiles> > > > In my web.xml file I currently have something like this: > > <context-param> > <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> > <param-value>${app.context.parm}</param-value> <-- need the > variable substitution HERE... > </context-param> > > I then run mvn -Pqa install goal, hoping that maven will insert the proper > application context values into this placeholder based on the profile > that's active, but so far this does not work for me... please tell me > what else I'm missing to make this work. > > Thanks, > James >
