Maven - adding test resources from another project

Question

I want to add test resources from another module.

My tests ran ok with the following

<testResources>
    <testResource>
        <directory>DEPENDENCY_A/src/main/resources</directory>
    </testResource>

</testResources>

DEPENDENCY_A has pom packaging, however, my tests cannot the same external resources by adding it as a test-pom-dependency.

<dependency>
    <groupId>DEPENDENCY_A</groupId>
    <artifactId>DEPENDENCY_A</artifactId>
    <type>pom</type>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Please help :) How do I access resources in DEPENDENCY_A in my unit tests? Maybe I'm missing something obvious in Java basics :(

Looks like duplicate. See this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2247199/share-test-resources-between-maven-projects — codesalsa, Jul 21 '15 at 23:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 21 '15 at 23:30

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Dependencies are artifact, libraries, jars, ... not resources. So this idea is not suitable.

copies resources to an output directory. This goal requires that you configure the resources to be copied, and specify the outputDirectory.

answered Jul 21 '15 at 23:30

Gerold Broser

How do I access resources/file in DEPENDENCY_A_JAR in my unit tests? Maybe I'm missing something obvious in Java basics :( – lingo_journey Jul 22 '15 at 09:35
@lingo_journey If you use [Maven's Standard Directory Layout](https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-standard-directory-layout.html) test resources reside in `src/test/resources` of your Maven project. – Gerold Broser Jul 22 '15 at 10:14
Thanks, if I want a Unit test to use resources from an external jar... what's the best practice please? How do I run the copy-resources goal against a jar? – lingo_journey Jul 22 '15 at 12:12
@lingo_journey Did you follow the link codesalsa gave you in the comment to your question? – Gerold Broser Jul 22 '15 at 12:18
Thanks, I did, however, I need to use the "main" (instead of test) resources of external JAR-A. – lingo_journey Jul 22 '15 at 12:36

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