My linux world » Maven predefined properties

By default maven has some predefined properties. They are all defined in :
${MAVEN_HOME}/lib/maven-model-builder.jar!org/apache/maven/model/pom-4.0.0.xml

<project>
      <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
      <groupId>com.mycompany.myapp</groupId>
      <artifactId>my-module</artifactId>
      <name>my-module name</name>
      <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
	  <build>
		<directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
		<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
		<finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
		<testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
		<sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
		<scriptSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
		<testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
		<resources>
		  <resource>
			<directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
		  </resource>
		</resources>
		<testResources>
		  <testResource>
			<directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
		  </testResource>
		</testResources>
	</build>
 
 
</project>

Project model variables
Property	Value
${project.basedir}	directory (full path) that contains the pom.xml
${project.groupId}	the project groupId (i.e. com.mycompany.myapp)
${project.artifactId}	the project artifactId (i.e. my-module)
${project.name}	the project name (i.e. my-module name)
${project.version}	the project version (i.e. 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)
${project.build.directory}	${project.basedir}/target
${project.build.outputDirectory}	${project.build.directory}/classes
${project.build.finalName}	${project.artifactId}-${project.version}
${project.build.testOutputDirectory}	${project.build.directory}/test-classes
${project.build.sourceDirectory}	${project.basedir}/src/main/java
${project.build.scriptSourceDirectory}	${project.basedir}/src/main/scripts
${project.build.testSourceDirectory}	${project.basedir}/src/test/java
${project.build.resources[0].directory}	${project.basedir}/src/main/resources
${project.build.testResources[0].directory}	${project.basedir}/src/test/resources

Project model variables

Property

Value

${project.basedir}

directory (full path) that contains the pom.xml

${project.groupId}

the project groupId (i.e. com.mycompany.myapp)

${project.artifactId}

the project artifactId (i.e. my-module)

${project.name}

the project name (i.e. my-module name)

${project.version}

the project version (i.e. 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)

${project.build.directory}

${project.basedir}/target

${project.build.outputDirectory}

${project.build.directory}/classes

${project.build.finalName}

${project.artifactId}-${project.version}

${project.build.testOutputDirectory}

${project.build.directory}/test-classes

${project.build.sourceDirectory}

${project.basedir}/src/main/java

${project.build.scriptSourceDirectory}

${project.basedir}/src/main/scripts

${project.build.testSourceDirectory}

${project.basedir}/src/test/java

${project.build.resources[0].directory}

${project.basedir}/src/main/resources

${project.build.testResources[0].directory}

${project.basedir}/src/test/resources

Example pom.xml