I'm trying to set up a mechanism that needs to interpolate chunks of XML (or
multiple line values) depending on environment/profile.
Currently I have a single web.xml.vm file shared via the remote-resources
plugin between multiple war modules. The web.xml file is nearly identical
between war modules, with some minor exceptions. I'm trying to filter
in/out those exceptions as necessary. If I don't use remote-resources or
maven filters, I'd be cutting-and-pasting a lot of identical config
(definately want to avoid that).
For example, in one war module, a servlet listener should be defined. In
another war module, the exact same config exists, but that particular
listener should not be defined at all. So, I need the ability to filter in
chunks of XML and/or multiple lines of text - not just values from a
.properties file.
Here is how I tried it:
I modified the web.xml.vm file to contain this line:
....
${additionalListeners}
....
I tried defining a property in both web module pom.xml files:
==== moduleA pom.xml (needs the filter definition) ====
...
<properties>
...
<additionalListeners>
<listener>
<listener-class>some.pkg.class.ServletListener</listener-class>
</listener>
</additionalListeners>
...
</properties>
==== moduleB pom.xml (should *not* have the filter definition ====
...
<properties>
...
<additionalListeners></additionalListeners>
...
</properties>
However, Maven didn't like the embedded XML inside the above
<additionalListeners> definition. So, I tried to wrap the above XML chunk
in CDATA tags, but it didn't work. After adding the CDATA tags, the
rendered web.xml file contained the raw ${additionalListeners} line, without
proper substitution.
I am willing to not use the remote-resources plugin in favor of using
filters directly, but can filters work with XML chunks and multi-line
properties? I have a chunks of configuration text (multiple lines) that
need to be shared across web modules. It would be _nasty_ to define those
shared chunks in .properties files.
Can anyone explain a solution or point me to where this is already
documented (mailing list, etc)? My google searches haven't provided
anything fruitful yet :/
Thanks!
Les
