Maven Copy Plugin (evgeny-goldin)

pom(snippet).xml

<plugin>
	<groupId>com.goldin.plugins</groupId>
	<artifactId>maven-copy-plugin</artifactId>
	<version>0.2.3</version>
	<executions>
		<execution>
			<id>create-archive</id>
			<!-- Select compile phase so that resources are copied first before being 
						packaged! -->
			<phase>compile</phase>
			<goals>
				<goal>copy</goal>
			</goals>
			<configuration>
				<resources>
					<!-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -->
					<!-- Copy directory -->
					<!-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -->
					<resource>
						<targetPath>${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF</targetPath>
						<directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java/META-INF</directory>
					</resource>
				</resources>
			</configuration>
		</execution>
	</executions>
</plugin>