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Filtering IzPack Installation Files with Maven

As you have seen from my previous posts it is easy to build an installer using Maven. You also can use Maven to make your installer more powerful. For example, using resource filtering. You can do it by using a Maven Resource plugin as I did in my previous post. And all you need to do to make it work is to add enable filtering:

      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.4.2</version>
        <configuration>
          <nonFilteredFileExtensions>
            <nonFilteredFileExtension>war</nonFilteredFileExtension>
          </nonFilteredFileExtensions>
        </configuration>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>copy-resources</id>
            <phase>validate</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>copy-resources</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
              <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
              <outputDirectory>${staging.dir}</outputDirectory>
              <resources>
                <resource>
                  <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
                  <filtering>true</filtering>
                </resource>
              </resources>
            </configuration>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>