java - Maven modules and Spring test resources -

i have maven project made of several modules. of modules depend on other modules example module c <- module b <- module a. module c depends on module b depends on module a.

in each module, have spring config files in main/resources , test/resources, under test unit testing, while under main release/production. each config file self contained - module b contained spring config (file names foo-b.xml, foo-a.xml)

however, when need test module c, need reference module b's spring config under test/resources, included module b's main/resources config file. presents problem because production file has references jndi datasources test 1 not.

how can maven or spring reference test configuration file module dependency?

maven separates source classes & resources test classes & resources. may configure module b create test jar using maven-jar-plugin test-jar goal. then, may have module c reference module b's test code dependency.

<dependency>     <groupid>com.mycompany</groupid>     <artifactid>moduleb</artifactid>     <version>${project.version}</version>     <classifier>tests</classifier>     <scope>test</scope> </dependency> 

alternately, can create regular maven project including test code you'd share, include test dependency needed. idea described in maven jar plugin's usage docs.