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Intro
Because I couldn't find a clear overview of which properties are availabe in maven2 I started this page. It is a collection of things found in the offcial maven documentation and postings to the maven user mailing list.
Build in properties
${{basedir}} represents the directory containing pom.xml
Project properties
${{project.build.directory}} results in the path to your "target" dir.
Pom properties
Elements in the pom.xml, can be referenced with the pom. prefix.
${{pom.name}} refers to the name of the project.${{pom.version}} refers to the version of the project.${{pom.build.finalName}} refers to the final name of the file created when the built project is packaged
Local user settings
Similarly, values in the user's settings.xml can be referenced using property names with settings. prefix.
${{settings.localRepository}} refers to the path of the user's local repository.
Environment variables
Environment variables can be referenced using the env prefix
${{env.M2_HOME}} returns the Maven2 installation path.
Java system properties
All Java System Properties defined by the JVM.
Custom properties in the POM
User defined properties in the pom.xml.
<pre>
<project>
...
<properties>
<my.filter.value>hello</my.filter.value>
</properties>
...
</project>
${{my.filter.value} will result inhelloif you inserted the above XML fragment in your pom.xml
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