Web application build process: Keep config files in WEB-INF/classes?
Some projects, as part of their build process, clean up the classes folder in WEB-INF, while others keep some of their config files in the classes folder. The latter group might use a temporary folder somewhere else to build their project and then copy the generated class files  from this temporary folder to the WEB-INF/classes, thus keeping their config files safe.

Is there any best practice regarding web application builds about this? I use ant.
Web application build process: Keep config files in WEB-INF/classes?
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Some projects, as part of their build process, clean up the classes folder in WEB-INF, while others keep some of their config files in the classes folder. The latter group might use a temporary folder somewhere else to build their project and then copy the generated class files  from this temporary folder to the WEB-INF/classes, thus keeping their config files safe.

Is there any best practice regarding web application builds about this? I use ant.