Maven resource filter not working

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I'm trying to make use of Maven's (v3) resource filtering capabilities to replace some variables in my application.properties file, with a property in my pom.xml. The properties file resides in src/main/resources and contains:

application.version=${project.version}

My pom file contains:

<project ...>
...
<version>1.0.0</version>
...
<build>
  <resources>
    <resource>
        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>              
        <filtering>true</filtering>
    </resource>
  </resources>
  ...
</build>

When I run goal (via eclipse run config) clean process-resources package and take a look at the properties file in target/classes, nothing has changed... the value remains the same.

everything seems fine, it should be replaced even when running from within Eclipse. Did you try to run it from command line, as a double check? moreover, you don't need to run `process-resources` then `package`, running `package` it will already run `process-resources` and any preceeding phase. — A_Di-Matteo, Jul 05 '16 at 15:22
I suspect it has something to do with my build plugin: `spring-boot-maven-plugin` — user1491636, Jul 05 '16 at 15:52

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 05 '16 at 15:56

Found the solution. Since I am using the spring-boot-starter-parent, there is a different required syntax for the property variables. Instead of ${...}, you must used @...@. Here is the reference that I used: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/wiki/Spring-Boot-1.3-Release-Notes#maven-resources-filtering

Maven resource filter not working

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