Eclipse 3.3 plugin based war build with Maven?

[George Stragand <ge...@gmail.com>]

With Eclipse 3.3, the temptation to use the osgi plugin framework is huge,
and we would really like to utilize the osgi framework within our web app.
Differences exist between the classic layout of a web app and where the osgi
bundles exist (the Eclipse plugin jars existing under WEB-INF/eclipse
instead of WEB-INF/lib, etc.).  The only jar in the WEB-INF/lib is
servletbridge.jar (OK, that makes me twitch that there isn't a version on
that jar out of Eclipse; guess I am too used to the logical approach of
Maven).

Main question is how to create the same war from an automated Maven build as
Eclipse does.  The PDE Maven plugin doesn't appear to do this.  Anyone else
attempting to create an osgi war from Eclipse and Maven at the same time?

I'd rather not leave the "build" in Eclipse (IDE's doing builds also makes
me twitch!).  The ability for the build machine to have unexpected versions
of plugins is a risk, and we would really like the ability to recreate a
build from source control and Maven as we do with other war deliverables.

Thanks.

Re: Eclipse 3.3 plugin based war build with Maven?

[Eric Redmond <er...@gmail.com>]

Assuming the servletbridge jar is in your repo and dependency list, try
something like this:

<plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <phase>process-resources</phase>
      <goals>
        <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
      </goals>
      <configuration>
        <excludeArtifactIds>servletbridge</excludeArtifactIds>
        <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${
project.build.finalName}/WEB-INF/eclipse</outputDirectory>
      </configuration>
    </execution>
  </executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
  <configuration>
    <warSourceIncludes>WEB-INF/lib/servletbridge*.jar</warSourceIncludes>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

You can find the details of these plugins, but above is one way to do it:
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/

Please, let me know how it works out!

Eric

On 7/30/07, George Stragand <ge...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> With Eclipse 3.3, the temptation to use the osgi plugin framework is huge,
> and we would really like to utilize the osgi framework within our web app.
> Differences exist between the classic layout of a web app and where the
> osgi
> bundles exist (the Eclipse plugin jars existing under WEB-INF/eclipse
> instead of WEB-INF/lib, etc.).  The only jar in the WEB-INF/lib is
> servletbridge.jar (OK, that makes me twitch that there isn't a version on
> that jar out of Eclipse; guess I am too used to the logical approach of
> Maven).
>
> Main question is how to create the same war from an automated Maven build
> as
> Eclipse does.  The PDE Maven plugin doesn't appear to do this.  Anyone
> else
> attempting to create an osgi war from Eclipse and Maven at the same time?
>
> I'd rather not leave the "build" in Eclipse (IDE's doing builds also makes
> me twitch!).  The ability for the build machine to have unexpected
> versions
> of plugins is a risk, and we would really like the ability to recreate a
> build from source control and Maven as we do with other war deliverables.
>
> Thanks.
>



-- 
Eric Redmond
http://blog.propellors.net