java - Converting a project to maven - dealing with additional source directories -
I am converting a legacy Java project into Maven, it currently uses the ant, and has a structure in it : src \ mainProduct \ com \ mycompany src \ external \ com \ acme \ ... Let me assume that I am taking everything under the Maven structure ( src \ main \ java ) under src \ mainProduct , there is no way in it without any extra As the source directory, go to external folder to contain? Alternatively, how do I transfer it under the src \ main \ java \ external \ / code>, without changing the package names? Take a look here: What do you have to do: & lt; Build & gt; & Lt; SourceDirectory & gt; Src / mainproduct & lt; / SourceDirectory & gt; ... & lt; / Build & gt; Alternatively, you can try and use the suggested approach here: Build-Helper-Plugin and its documents can be found here: