I'm using the swagger maven plugin to generate my swagger.json file. I want this to be available as a static resource in the webapp (src/main/webapp).
In the example on the github page they configure it like this.
<swaggerDirectory>generated/swagger-ui</swaggerDirectory>
I can't see how this would be useful as it's not in the webapp folder. I guess you'd have to manually copy it somewhere useful but what's the point in maven if it's not automated.
I've configured it like this in my project.
<swaggerDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/swagger</swaggerDirectory>
This allows me to access the file both during development (as an eclipse project) and when deployed (as a built war file).
The question is whether it's ok to pop generated artifacts in the usual src/main folder?
I have generated code from jaxb but that goes into a generated-sources folder in the target folder. This is then added as a source folder in eclipse and maven knows to add these classes to the build.
I basically just want to check I haven't comitted a maven faux pas by dumping my generated code in src/main/webapp. I know I'll have to gitignore this file.
I would advise against putting generated code into src/main - which would be committed to source control. Besides, in your case the file itself is getting generated by a maven plugin - which will run when you build your project.
Rather use the resources, war, assembly... plugins to copy the file into your built war.