Java cannot read variables from pom

I have the following line in my maven.properties file.

   MY_VARIABLE = www.google.com

      

        
        
        
      

    

My pom file code looks like this:

    <build>

    <pluginManagement>
        <testResources>
            <testResource>
                <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
                <filtering>true</filtering>
            </testResource>
        </testResources>
        <plugins>

            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.16</version>

                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <phase>validate</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>read-project-properties</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <includes>
                                <include>**/*Test*.java</include>
                                <include>**/*Tests*.java</include>
                                <include>**/Test*.java</include>
                            </includes>
                            <files>
                                <file>src/test/resources/maven.properties</file>
                            </files>

                            <systemPropertyVariables>
                                <message>${MY_VARIABLE}</message>
                            </systemPropertyVariables>

                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                </executions>

            </plugin>


            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.16</version>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
</build>

      

        
        
        
      

    

Finally, I have a piece of code to retrieve the value in a message variable.

   public static String getMsg() 
   {
      final String msg = System.getProperty("message");
      if (StringUtils.isEmpty(msg) || url.startsWith("${")) 
      {
          return "Empty message";
      }
      return msg;
   }

      

        
        
        
      

    

So when I call getMsg () method, it always returns msg as Empty message.

Is this some mistake in the pom.xml declaration or is it some kind of problem with the getMsg () function used.

It would be nice if someone could shed some light on this.

Thanks in advance....