Generate XML File with Maven

ant, maven, templates, xml

Solution

The resource plugin can copy with filtering, replacing a placeholder (`$VALUE$` in this case) with a property value. Here's the relevant doc: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-resources-plugin/examples/filter.html

It should be noted that maven placeholders look like this: `${VALUE}`.

Problem

I have an XML file that looks like this... ``` <foo> <bar>$VALUE$</bar> </foo> ``` Is there anyway I can merge this xml file and a .properties file using Maven or is this a task best left to Ant?

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