title: In maven, what is the difference between main/resources and main/config?
body: <p>I want to put a configuration file in my Maven project. Looking at <a href="http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-standard-directory-layout.html" rel="noreferrer">the standard directory layout</a>, there are two places that seem sensible, "<code>src/main/resources</code>" and "<code>src/main/config</code>". Could someone explain the difference between these, and explain when you would put something in <code>config</code> and when in <code>resources</code>?</p>
  
  <p>In this case, the file I'm looking at is <code>ehcache.xml</code>, but my question isn't ehcache specific, I'm curious for <code>log4j.properties</code> etc.</p>
  
  <p>A bit of googling discovered <a href="http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Porpuse-of-src-main-config-td124167.html" rel="noreferrer">this person had the same question</a>, but the answers seemed contradictory, and not very authorative.</p>