Maven and JSFUnit - module structure

[Daniel Lechner <da...@xss.co.at>]

Hello!

I try to get some JSFUnit tests to run in our maven environment. But I don't 
know the best way how to put my tests into modules.

Basically, we have several maven modules, with packaging type jar (or ejb) and 
one with type war (which produces a "skinny war"). All these modules are 
packaged together by a another module into an ear archive which is deployed on 
the application server.

But now I tried to use JSFUnit as another testing framework for the application. 
As suggested in the JSFUnit-HowTo 
(http://community.jboss.org/wiki/JSFUnitWithMaven), I created a new module with 
packaging type war. This module basically uses the already existing war, 
replaces one file and adds some testclasses. I can take this newly 
created "JSFUnified" war, put it into the EAR manually (replace the original 
war) and execute the tests.

Of course, this is not the way I want it to do after the prototyping phase.
But the question is, what is the best way to do this with maven?
I could try to change the packaging type of the JSFUnit-module to pom and create 
the modified war and the ear of the application within this module and run the 
tests afterwards. So I have a single module with no output (except the test 
results).
Another possibility is to leave the JSFUnit-module's packaging type war, create 
another maven module which assembles the ear and possibly a third one which 
executes the tests.
Or maybe some combination of these two possibilities (or a completely different 
approach) is the best one. I don't know...

Thanks!
daniel

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