Check out http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/index.html#How_do_I_filte r_resource_files. That may get you started.
Andrew > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Text Substitution > > > Does maven 2 provide a text substitution feature? > I've looked through the docs, but not found anything. > > Specifically I would like to copy the version > (<version>1.0.10</version>) from the pom into a (xml) file > in our application so the version can be displayed in the > application. > > Currently we have to manually update both the version in the > pom and the xml file, which although not difficult is an > opportunity to make an error if you not paying attention. > > I would be great to be able to place a magic string (e.g. > {mvn.pom.version} or something) that when mvn is copying > files to the target directory will replace with the version > from the pom. > > I guess in general arbitrary string replacement might be > useful too? > > Cheers and thanks for a great tool > > Simon > > PS: I tried to send this from my work email address but it > was rejected with: > > Reporting-MTA: dns; mail.metering.co.nz > > Final-recipient: RFC822; [email protected] > Action: failed > Status: 5.0.0 > Remote-MTA: dns; apache.org > X-Supplementary-Info: <apache.org #5.0.0 smtp;552 spam score > (5.2) exceeded > threshold> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
