Filtering Java classes in Maven WAR - class

Question

I struggling with Java class filtering in a Maven WAR. The Maven compile a lot of Java classes and all of them appear in
target/classes
and I have packages like these:
a/A.class
a/b/B.class
a/b/C.class
Up to this point is OK. But what I need is to have a single Java class inside of
WEB-INF/classes
like this one:
a/b/B.class
This is the plugin's section from my pom.xml:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<configuration>
<warName>${project.artifactId}</warName>
<webXml>${basedir}/src/main/application/WEB-INF/web.xml</webXml>
<packagingExcludes>WEB-INF/lib/*.jar,a/A.class,a/b/C.class</packagingExcludes>
<webResources>
<resource>
<directory>${basedir}/src/main/application/WEB-INF</directory>
<includes>
<include>jboss-web.xml</include>
</includes>
<targetPath>WEB-INF</targetPath>
</resource>
<resource>
<directory>${basedir}/src/main/application/META-INF</directory>
<includes>
<include>standard-jaxws-endpoint-config.xml</include>
</includes>
<targetPath>META-INF</targetPath>
</resource>
</webResources>
</configuration>
</plugin>
Unfortunately all the classes are packaged into my WAR.
Any hint?
Best regards,
SK

Answer 1

I believe this will filter the classes based on a relative location to the app that is built in the target directory. Which means your class files are stored in WEB-INF/classes at this stage.
Try changing this:
<packagingExcludes>WEB-INF/lib/*.jar,a/A.class,a/b/C.class
To
<packagingExcludes>WEB-INF/lib/*.jar,WEB-INF/classes/a/A.class,WEB-INF/classes/a/b/C.class