Maven - Exclude class files from war - maven-2

Question

I have :
src/main/java/com.tuto
Class1.java
Class2.java
Class3.java
My pom is packaging a war.
So in my war, in WEB-INF/classes/com/tuto I found the 3 classes.
Now I want to exclude Class2.java
I tried
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<configuration>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/Class2.class</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
But it's not working.
How can I do ?
Ok, so like Aaron tell me, this is working :
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<configuration>
<packagingExcludes>**/Class2.class</packagingExcludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
But ...
Let's take the problem by the other side : I want to exclude all except Class1 and Class3
So I tried
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<configuration>
<packagingIncludes>**/Class1.class,**/Class3.class</packagingIncludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
and this time it's not working.

Answer 1

As the documentation says, you should use the packagingExcludes element instead.
Note that packagingExcludes doesn't use nested elements. Instead, the content is a "comma-separated list of Ant file set patterns".

Answer 2

From the documentation, excludes will take higher priority over includes. In your case, use packagingExcludes for excluding class2 explicitly.
<packagingExcludes>WEB-INF/classes/com/tuto/Class2.class</packagingExcludes>

Answer 3

The complete plugin xml should be like the following
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${build.output.directory}</outputDirectory>
<packagingExcludes>WEB-INF/classes/ItemConsumer.class</packagingExcludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>

Answer 4

add plugin to pom.xml - 100% working properly.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
<configuration>
<!--package path you want to delete-->
<packagingExcludes>WEB-INF/classes/lk/**</packagingExcludes>
<webResources>
<resource>
<!--project build path-->
<directory>${project.basedir}/target/classes/</directory>
<filtering>true</filtering>
<includes><include>**/*.class</include></includes>
</resource>
</webResources>
</configuration>
</plugin>