Best practices for copying files with Maven
<build> <plugins> … <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.3</version> </plugin> </plugins> <resources> <resource> <directory>src/main/java</directory> <includes> <include> **/*.properties</include> </includes> </resource> </resources> … </build>