[MRESOURCES-81] 2.3 escapes characters when filtering properties

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3
• Fix Version/s: 2.4
• Environment: Windows
• Assignee: John Dennis Casey
• Reporter: Paul Jackson
• Created: 06/Jan/09 12:50
• Updated: 06/Apr/15 01:16
• Resolved: 19/Aug/09 17:00

Description

When filtering a property additional escaping characters are inserted into the replacement text. Here's an example pom snippett:

    <profiles>
        <profile>
            <id>Automated-Testing-Windows</id>
            <properties>
                <server.resource.type>nt</server.resource.type>
                <server.remote.base.dir>D:\\AutomatedTesting</server.remote.base.dir>
                <server.remote.temp.dir>${server.remote.base.dir}\\temp</server.remote.temp.dir>
            </properties>
        </profile>
  <build>
    <resources>
      <resource>
        <directory>src/main/resources/${server.resource.type}</directory>
        <filtering>true</filtering>
      </resource>
    </resources>
    <resources>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.3</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>resources</id>
            <phase>process-resources</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>resources</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/resources</outputDirectory>
              <includeEmptyDirectories>true</includeEmptyDirectories>
            </configuration>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

and the following line of text in a file in src\main\resources\nt
cd /d ${server.remote.temp.dir}

Resources plug in version 2.2 filters this property as follows:
cd /d D:\\AutomatedTesting
temp

Resources plug in version 2.3 filters this property differently:
cd /d D\:\\\\AutomatedTesting\\\\temp

Notice the extra backslashes inserted before each backslash (minor issue) and colon (major issue). Is there a way to prevent maven from inserting these escape characters?

I also checked out 2.4-SNAPSHOT revision 732027 and observed the same behavior.

Thanks,
-Paul

Issue Links

• depends upon: MSHARED-78 FilteringUtils escapeWindowsPath() doesn't work on Windows
• is duplicated by: MRESOURCES-93 Property substitution of ${project.build.directory} on Windows FAILS
• relates to: MSHARED-78 FilteringUtils escapeWindowsPath() doesn't work on Windows