Inheriting properties from the parent POM

[Toto Laricot <to...@gmail.com>]

 Hi all,

I use a filter to inject properties in a config file. Because the properties
file to use depend on the environment, I defined several profiles.

i.e.:


 <filters>
   <filter>${db-properties}</filter>
 </filters>
 <resources>
   <resource>
     <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
     <filtering>true</filtering>
   </resource>
 </resources>


And:

 <profiles>
   <profile>
     blahblah
     <properties>
       <db-properties>src/main/filters/dev-env.properties</db-properties>
     </properties>
   </profile>
 </profiles>

Now, this works fine when I put the <profiles> and <filters> definitions in
the same POM; but when I move the <profiles> section to the parent POM files
(because I would like to keep all profile-related information in the same
place), the properties are not passed to the child POM.

I would like to keep all profile-related information in the same place
Is there a way I can pass properties from a parent POM to a child?

Or is there a better way to deal with this situation?

Thanks for your help,

Theo.