Please read my answer to a similar question on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14725197/reading-properties-file-from-pom-file-in-maven/14727072#14727072
On 23 March 2014 21:36, Henrik Østerlund Gram <henrik.g...@gmail.com> wrote: > I stumbled over some rather strange behaviour regarding properties. It > seems properties generated by one plugin are not always resolved for other > plugins and I can't figure out why. > > I use a plugin to make info about the git branch available in the > properties so it can be passed to other plugins. The particular plugin > does not seem important, but I've included it here for sake of > completeness: > > <plugin> > <groupId>com.code54.mojo</groupId> > <artifactId>buildversion-plugin</artifactId> > <version>1.0.3</version> > <configuration> > <tstamp_format>yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm</tstamp_format> > </configuration> > <executions> > <execution> > <goals> > <goal>set-properties</goal> > </goals> > </execution> > </executions> > </plugin> > > But when I referenced the properties set by the plugin in an env entry for > the maven ear plugin, the properties were not resolved at all: > > <envEntries> > <env-entry> > <description>Middleware build information</description> > <env-entry-name>java:app/env/sw-version</env-entry-name> > <env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type> > <env-entry-value>${build-commit} @ ${build-tstamp} built on > ${maven.build.timestamp}</env-entry-value> > </env-entry> > </envEntries> > > Just to be sure, I used the latest maven and tried both version 2.9 of the > plugin and the latest from the repo with the same result. > > The only way I managed to fix this was to patch the maven-ear-plugin > itself, adding the following code in GenerateApplicationXmlMojo.execute(): > > // Fix env variable substitutions > Properties props = project.getProperties(); > PlexusConfiguration[] entries = envEntries.getChildren(); > if (entries != null) { > for (PlexusConfiguration entry : entries) { > if ("env-entry".equals(entry.getName())) { > PlexusConfiguration[] envEntryChildren = entry.getChildren(); > if (envEntryChildren != null) { > for (PlexusConfiguration envEntryChild : envEntryChildren) > { > > envEntryChild.setValue(StrSubstitutor.replace(envEntryChild.getValue(), > props)); > } > } > } > } > } > > Then it worked just fine, but I don't understand why this is necessary. I > thought whatever called the plugin was supposed to have done the variable > substitution already. So clearly the properties were present at the time > of executing the plugin, but they werent being automaticly substituted. > > To add to the confusion, using ${project.version} in the env-entry-value > was resolved just fine, but just not the properties coming from another > plugin despite the plugins being run in the correct order. > > To further add to the confusion, I then used maven ant-run plugin, echoing > the values of properties which worked just fine (!) > > While I solved the problem for me by making a locally patched version of > the ear plugin, it's not really a solution I favour, so I hope someone can > provide a better and more permanent fix. > > Regards, > Henrik Gram >