Accessing parent properties when generating a module from a Maven archetype
maven
Solution
In Maven 3, you can access parent properties by `${project.parent.x}`.
More information can be found in the Maven Properties Guide.
Problem
I have a number of maven archetypes which I am using to generate a multi-module maven project. I have a required property on the archetype I use to generate the parent project. This gets added as a property in the pom.xml for the project. I then generate a module within the project, using a different archetype. I would like the same value to be substituted within some of the resources in that module. It seems wrong to supply it as a property again when calling the second archetype. Is it possible to reference parent project properties during the archetype generation process for the module? I want the value to be substituted into files in the src tree of the module, not use a place holder so that it is substituted in the target folder. Thanks for any help.