title: Displaying version and date of build in the xhtml page
body: <p>I want to display the build version and build date on the footer of a JSF application. The pages are XHTML. I'm looking for ways to get the information from pom.xml or other artifacts.</p>
  
  <p>I found the following that uses maven-replace plugin. 
  <a href="http://www.vineetmanohar.com/2010/09/how-to-display-maven-project-version-in-your-webapp/" rel="noreferrer">http://www.vineetmanohar.com/2010/09/how-to-display-maven-project-version-in-your-webapp/</a></p>
  
  <p>Are there any other techniques you use?</p>
  
  <p>I'm looking for something like this with JSF - <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1600962/displaying-the-build-date">Displaying the build date</a></p>