Maven - adding test resources from another project

Question

I want to add test resources from another module.

My tests ran ok with the following

<testResources> <testResource> <directory>DEPENDENCY_A/src/main/resources</directory> </testResource> </testResources>

DEPENDENCY_A has pom packaging, however, my tests cannot the same external resources by adding it as a test-pom-dependency.

<dependency> <groupId>DEPENDENCY_A</groupId> <artifactId>DEPENDENCY_A</artifactId> <type>pom</type> <scope>test</scope> </dependency>

Please help :) How do I access resources in DEPENDENCY_A in my unit tests? Maybe I'm missing something obvious in Java basics :(

Looks like duplicate. See this stackoverflow.com/questions/2247199/… — codesalsa
– codesalsa, Commented Jul 21, 2015 at 23:48

Gerold Broser · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-21 23:30:23Z

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Dependencies are artifact, libraries, jars, ... not resources. So this idea is not suitable.

You can use the copy-resources goal of the Maven Resources Plugin:

copies resources to an output directory. This goal requires that you configure the resources to be copied, and specify the outputDirectory.

5 Comments

lingo_journey Over a year ago

How do I access resources/file in DEPENDENCY_A_JAR in my unit tests? Maybe I'm missing something obvious in Java basics :(

Gerold Broser Over a year ago

@lingo_journey If you use Maven's Standard Directory Layout test resources reside in src/test/resources of your Maven project.

lingo_journey Over a year ago

Thanks, if I want a Unit test to use resources from an external jar... what's the best practice please? How do I run the copy-resources goal against a jar?

Gerold Broser Over a year ago

@lingo_journey Did you follow the link codesalsa gave you in the comment to your question?

lingo_journey Over a year ago

Thanks, I did, however, I need to use the "main" (instead of test) resources of external JAR-A.

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