Maven 2 Plugin to create symbolic links between directories on windows or unix
Add configuration similar to the following to your POM:
<plugin> <groupId>com.pyx4j</groupId> <artifactId>maven-junction-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <phase>package</phase> <goals> <goal>link</goal> </goals> </execution> <execution> <id>unlink</id> <phase>clean</phase> <goals> <goal>unlink</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> <configuration> <links> <!-- link the html generated by client to webapp directory --> <link> <dst>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/client</dst> <src>${basedir}/../client/target-4link</src> </link> <!-- link the lib webapp directory --> <link> <dst>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/lib</dst> <src>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}/WEB-INF/lib</src> </link> </links> <!-- create war classes that are composed ot two projects --> <composeClasses> <dst>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes</dst> <packages> <package> <name>server-resources</name> <src>${basedir}/src/main/resources</src> </package> <package> <name>com.corp.app.server</name> <src>${project.build.directory}/classes</src> </package> <package> <name>com.corp.app.domain</name> <src>${basedir}/../domain/target/classes</src> </package> </packages> </composeClasses> </configuration> </plugin>
junction executable can be distributed using Maven repository. We have version in our repository. For this to work we have reference to this repository in pom.xml