How do I specify a directory prefix on a set of resources in maven's pom.xml

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I have a set of files I'd like to include in the .jar generated by mvn compile. Unfortunately, I would like them to be placed in a specific path inside the .jar. For example, I want shaders/main.glsl to be in the .jar file as com/purplefrog/expglsl/castle/main.glsl

How do I specify this mapping in the pom.xml ? I can not mess with the directory heirarchy of the source project without throwing a wrench into other coders' workflows.

Put the class in `src/main/resources/com/purplefrog/expglsl/castle/main.glsl` and it will be automatically there. If this will mess others sounds like you violate SRP. — khmarbaise, Aug 26 '15 at 17:01

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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Take a look at the Maven Resources Plugin and this question.

Sounds like that should handle what you're looking to do if modifying the project structure up front isn't an option.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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answered Aug 26 '15 at 16:28

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 26 '15 at 16:33

During the process-resources phase non-compilable files can be moved (by the maven-resources-plugin). What you should do is add a resource-block to your pom. Here you need to specify the directory. You can also add a targetPath. All together it would look like

<resource>
  <directory>shaders</directory>
  <!-- include all ore just a couple of files? -- >
  <includes>
    <include>main.glsl</include>
  </includes>
  <targetPath>com/purplefrog/expglsl/castle</targetPath>
</resource>

Now these files are copied to the target/classes and during the package phase they'll become part of the jar.

How do I specify a directory prefix on a set of resources in maven's pom.xml

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