Question

I am copying a resource into another folder before packaging using the maven-dependecy-plugins copy goal.

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.4</version>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>copy</id>
            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>copy</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <failBuild>false</failBuild>
                <artifactItems>
                    <artifactItem>
                        <groupId>my.groupID</groupId>
                        <artifactId>myArtifact</artifactId>
                        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
                        <type>jar</type>
                        <overWrite>true</overWrite>
                        <outputDirectory>my/custom/path</outputDirectory>
                    </artifactItem>
                </artifactItems>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

The resource is not vital and it is likely possible that it is not accessible. That’s why I want the build not to fail if it is not accessible. I already set the failBuild property to false but it had no effect. Is there a way to achieve this?

Answer 1

I resolved my problem by using the copy artifact plugin of jenkins now.