Question

Have follwong chunk from pom.xml:

<systemProperty>
    <name>axis2.config</name>
    <value>file:${project.build.directory}/../../axis2.properties</value>
</systemProperty>

what does syntax for value tag mean?

/../ – is id cd .. and forwards to parent directory?

Answer 1

short: ../ means parent direcory

long version:

• file: specifies, that the following
  content should be interpreted as a
  file path.
• ${project.build.directory} is a
  variable which will be replaced by
  the runtime with the actual project
  build directory
• / are folder separators
• .. means parent folder
• axis2.properties is the name of the
  properties file

if you want to display the path for debugging purposes you might want to have a look at this:

http://www.avajava.com/tutorials/lessons/how-do-i-display-the-value-of-a-pom-xml-element.html

or

maven ant echoproperties task