Eclipse Juno - Maven support
The new Eclipse build 4.2 (Eclipse Juno) is out and I started using it for my own Maven based Java EE projects. After playing around with several plugins concerning the maven integration, I came to the conclusion that the Maven-WTP integration in Eclipse is still something you did not need and you should not use. It slows down my complete workspace containing different multi-module maven projects. Maybe its only my IDE installation of Eclipse 4.2, but I recognised a permanent CPU peak as result of a never ending WTP Builder process. After I removed the "Maven Integration for WTP" Eclipse Juno works again very fast.
So here is my recommendation for plugins that you should install in Eclipse 4.2 (Classic) if you are developing Maven based Java EE projects:
- JavaServer Faces Tools (JSF) Project (for JSF/Faclets support - much better than in Eclipse 3.7)
- JST Server Adapters (for GlassFish Server Adapters - see also my blog about GlassFish 3.2 support)
- m2e - Maven Integration for Eclipse (the general and pure maven integration)
- Subversive Integration for the M2Eclipse Project (necessary if you work with SVN - see another blog entry)
And do not install the "Maven Integration for WTP" plugin.
If you are looking for a simple Hotdeployment Plugin for Eclipse/GlassFish take a look at Manik hot-deploy.
Posted at 04:09PM Jul 22, 2012
Posted by: Ralph
Category: General
Eclipse Juno - Maven & Subversion
The new Eclipse release (4.2) is out and looks great! To run a first IDE test I tried to checkout some maven projects from my svn repository. M2E and the Subversive Plugin are not installed in the Eclipse classic platform (can't understand why) but can be easily installed manually from the menu "->Help->install new Software"
After restarting Eclipse you can start importing your maven project with "->File->new-> project->Checkout Maven Projects form SCM"
The problem here is hat the SVN connector for m2e is missing and can not be installed by the dialog showing up all available maven add ons. To solve this problem go again to install new software manually and add the following update URL:
http://community.polarion.com/projects/subversive/download/integrations/update-site/
This updatesite includes the missing svn/m2e connector. After a restart you can checkout your maven project from a SVN repository using the Eclispe subversive plugin.
Posted at 10:42AM Jul 21, 2012
Posted by: Ralph
Category: General
Eclipse Indigo - Maven and SVN
With the latest release from Eclipse - Indigo - now Maven is well supported. So it is no longer an ordeal to install maven support and especially svn integration.
To add the Maven with SVN into Indigo it is sufficient to got to "help -> install new software"
There you can select the Indigo plugin repository 'Indigo - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/indigo'
Go to the section 'Collaboration' and select the features "m2e - Maven Integration for Eclispe".

Now you have maven support provided by the sonatype plugin "m2Eclipse"
If you need also Subversion support you should add the Subclipse
Plugin. (this works in most cases better than the Subversive SVN Team
Provider). To add sublicpse to Ecipse Indigo you need to add the following plugin site:
http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x
From this update site you can choose all Sublicpse Plugins to bee installed.
Checking out a Maven Project from a SVN repository
To check out an existing Maven project from an subversion repository you need the additional scm connector. To get this connector installed simply create at first a new project from the 'New Project wizard' - (menue 'File -> new project')
Select the project type : "Maven -> Checkout Maven Projects from SCM":


The first time you can not choose a valid SCM URL type. You need first to install a SCM Connector for Maven and SVN. Click on the LInk 'm2e Marketplace'
You will see the m2e Marketplace where you can now select the "m2e-sublicpse" or the "m2e-subversive" connector (this depends on the subversion plugin you installed before - as noted here I recommend sublipse instead of subversion! - do not pay attention to the next screen shot!):

Note: If you are using a different SCM system you have to select the corresponding connector type
After the Installation finished you can select the SCM URL Type and enter your repository URL:

Alternatively you can also checkout a project from the SCM view with the option "checkout as maven project"

Posted at 10:37AM Aug 15, 2011
Posted by: Ralph
Category: General
Maven Projects and SVN in Eclipse Helios
The usage of Subversion together with Maven Project is not really well supported by the main eclipse platform.
I found this blog from Eureka! which helps me to get things done .
The trick seems to be is using subclipse plugin instead of subversive!
- Install Subclipse from the Update Site:
http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x - Install Maven Integration for Eclipse from Update Site
http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/sites/m2e - Install the Maven SCM handler from the Maven Integration Update Site
http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/sites/m2e-extras
Posted at 03:24PM Mar 20, 2011
Posted by: Ralph
Category: General
Maven & SVN Plugins for Eclipse Galileo
Today I installed the Maven M2 and Subversive Plugins in my Eclipse Galileo Installation.
This is a little bit tricky because the M2 Plugin needs some additional Plugins if the Plugin should work together with the Subversion Plugin Subversive.
These are the steps I go through the Eclipse Update Manager to get all things work:
First I added the Suversive SVN Team Provider provided from the Galileo Download Site. This Site is available in the Eclipse "Install new Software" Dialog. Select the Option:
"Collaboration->Suversive SVN Team Provider"

After restarting Eclipse the SVN Plugin will ask for a Subversive Connector. This is a new cool feature so you did not add an Updite URL for these plugins manually. I selected only the option SVN Kit 1.3.0:

...the wizard will select two additional plugins to be installed next...

In the next step I added an additional Plugin which is needed to get a better Maven/SVN Integration.
Therefore I added in the Eclipse Install Dialog the following new Update site:
http://download.eclipse.org/technology/subversive/0.7/update-site/
From This site I selected only(!) the Plugin
"Subversive SVN Team Provider (Incubation)"

After Restarting Eclipse I add now the "SVN Maven Support" provided by the following Update Site:
http://www.polarion.org/projects/subversive/download/integrations/update-site/
This is an additional Plugin needed to get better SVN Support. I select the "Subversive Integration for the M2Eclipse Project" Plugin:
Now finally its time to add the Maven Integration Plugin itself form the Update Site:
http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/update/
You should not(!) select the Maven SCM Integration if you followed my recommanded installation steps.
So I select the MavenEmbeder, Pom Editor and Maven Central Repository:
After restarting Eclipse Galileo once more you can now Checkout a Maven Project from any SVN Repository with the option "Check out as maven Project..." and use the M2 Integration Plugin Features like the POM Editor.
If anybody knows an easier way to get Maven and SVN Integration for Eclipse Galileo installed please let me know...
Posted at 02:58PM Jan 13, 2010
Posted by: Ralph
Category: General
Eclipse JSF/Faclet Support in a Maven Web Project
In the following section I will describe how to configure a Maven Web Module in Eclipse Ganymede to get full support of Content assist, Hover Help and code completion for JSF and Facelets.
These features are supported by the Eclipse Web Tool Platform (WTP). So it seams not to be so difficult to configure a existing web project. But as Maven have some different in building a classpath and updating project configuration in Eclipse you need to be careful to reconfigure a Maven project. I spent a lot of time to find out why it sometimes did not work. So I hope my following walk-through will be helpful to you.
The Situation:
I have an existing Maven Web Project which I checked out from a code repository into my eclipse workspace. Therefor I used the Maven Plugin and the Maven SVN Integration Plugin.
The Maven Project I am working with is a JEE Web module with JSF and Faclets support and also uses the JBoss RichFaces JSF components.So the goal is to get content assist when editing a .xhtml faclets file in my web project.
The Facelets Plugin
To get things run I need first to install the faclets plugin for eclipse. The reason for adding this plugin is that a faclets application typical uses .xhtml pages to represent the jsf resources. The Eclipse WTP did not support .xhml files per deault so the faclets plugin will add the JSF features to also .xhtml files. Additional the plugin includes some wizzards and a new WTP Facete.
You can download the plugin from here. Extract the file and copy the jars into your /plugin folder of your Eclipse Ganymede. Next restart Eclipse!
Adding a JSF Implementation and Server Runntime
Next step is to add a JSF Implementation into you Eclipse Workspace. You can use any Implementation. I take the JSF Implementation form my Glassfish server. There is a Blog where Cay Horstmann explains the details:
http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cayhorstmann/archive/2007/07/jsf_support_in.html
So open the Eclipse preferences dialog and go to Web->JavaServer Faces->Libraries.
Create
a new JSF library and name the library "GlassfishJSF-impl". Add only
the jsf-impl.jar file. This file is located in the /glassfish/lib
folder from your glassfish installation.
Important: Make sure that the option "is JSF Implementation" is checked!
Next add the Server Runtime. Select the Server Node and add your JEE Server (in my case glassfish)

Now Restart you Eclipse!
Add the Server and JSF Libraries to the Java Build Path
Next check the "Java Build Path" settings of your Web Project. You need now to add two libraries to your project.
The Server Runtime Library of Glassfish and the JSF Implementation which added before to the workspace environment.
Click "Add Library..." and select "Server Runtime"

Choose the Glassfish Server from the Server Runtime list. Click finish.
Next I add the JSF Library created before. So click again
"Add library..." and add a JSF Library and select you GlassfishJSF-Impl
created before:

Finally your project library settings should look like this

Add the JSF and Faclets Facets
Next you need to add the Project Facets for JSF 1.2 support and Facelet 1.0. A Facet is a WTP specific feature which adds additional tools and features to a web project. The Facelet 1.0 Facete is an additional feature added by the Facelet plugin I added before.
To add a new Facete you open the preference dialog for your web project and select the "Project facets" node.
If this Node is not present in you project preferences Eclipse has not recognized your Maven web project as a Eclipse Web Project. So you need first to add the WTP Nature to your project manually.
- Switch in the "Navigator" View
- open the file ".project"
- add the nature
<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.nature</nature> - save the .project file
Now you can add the different facets in the following order:
- Select Java 5.0
- Select Dynamic Web Module 2.5
after that you can see the link "Further configuration available" - open the dialog
As I am working in a maven project I change the Content and Java Source Directory into
/src/main/webapp
/src/main/java
which are the default maven source folders
Also I unchecked the "Generate deployment descriptor" as my maven project still have the necessary descriptors.
- Next Select "JavaServerFaces 1.2".
Again there is "Further configuration required"
You can select the option "Server Supplied JSF Implementation"
Choose the "Next" Button to switch through the different config pages. - Finally add the "Facelet 1.0 " support.
Again there is "Further configuration available"
I disabled all options as my maven project is well configured - Finally restart eclipse
Now you should have the content assist and hover help in your xhtml files.
Eclipse is parsing all necessary libraries so also my RichFaces tags are now known by Eclipse!
The first time you get the content assist from Eclipse it will take some time as Eclipse needs to analyze the tag libraries. 
If it did not work...
In some cases this did not work. Then the main reason seams to be that the Eclipse java build classpath is not well configured. Check the Java Build Path settings. Remove and add some Libraries - this will help Eclipse to update the Workspace settings and restart Eclipse. Also wait some time after restart until Eclipse have finished all inizalizing.
Posted at 11:04AM May 23, 2009
Posted by: Ralph
Category: General
Eclipse: maven install from runAs menu fails
A few days ago I updated my eclipse Ganymede via the update manager. After that I was unable to build my Maven projects with from the "runAs -> maven install" context menu:
I got the following error when I try to build my EAR module
[INFO] org.imixs.callcenter.ear .............................. FAILED [0.634s]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR]
The following mojo encountered an error while executing:
Group-Id: org.apache.maven.plugins
Artifact-Id: maven-ear-plugin
Version: 2.3.1
Mojo: ear
brought in via: packaging: ear
While building project:
Group-Id: org.imixs.examples
Artifact-Id: org.imixs.callcenter.ear
Version: 0.0.2
From file: /home/rsoika/eclipse-ganymede/sywapp/org.imixs.callcenter/org.imixs.callcenter.ear/pom.xml
Reason: Cannot copy a directory: /home/rsoika/eclipse-ganymede/sywapp/org.imixs.callcenter/org.imixs.callcenter.web/target/classes; Did you package/install active project artifact:
artifact = org.imixs.examples:org.imixs.callcenter.web:war:0.0.2:compile;
project: MavenProject: org.imixs.examples:org.imixs.callcenter.web:0.0.2 @ /home/rsoika/eclipse-ganymede/sywapp/org.imixs.callcenter/org.imixs.callcenter.web/pom.xml?
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] For more information, run with the -e flag
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILED
I can build all modules separately and it seams to be an known issue form the m2eclipse plugin (http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNGECLIPSE-1173)
The problem seams to be the "Resolve Workspace artifacts" option. My workarround was to use my own "run as" configuration.

When I use these settings (see "Resolve Workspace artifacts" is disabled!) everything works fine for me.
But I did not find out how to change the "Resolve Workspace artifacts" option in general for eclipse.
Posted at 04:19PM Mar 28, 2009
Posted by: Ralph
Category: General
RichFaces & Maven - easy setup!
The last days I read a lot about RichFaces and saw this cool live demo. RichFaces sparks my interest. As the JSF Framework RichFaces from JBoss supports much more components as other frameworks and also really cool Ajax features, I started to build my first jee web module using RichFaces.
First I read this quick guide which shows how to build a JEE Webmodul using RichFaces in general. But as I planed to integrate my first example into an existing JEE project build on maven I search a lot to find out how to setup a Maven Web module with RichFaces Support.
Here is my personal quick guide to setup a maven web app with RichFaces:
1.) Add the JBoss Maven repository to your Maven Installation:
first you need to add the following repository description into your setup.xml file located in your Maven root directory:
<!-- JBoss RichFaces Repository -->
<repository>
<releases>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
<updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
</snapshots>
<id>repository.jboss.com</id>
<name>Jboss Repository for Maven</name>
<url>
http://repository.jboss.com/maven2/
</url>
<layout>default</layout>
</repository>
</repositories>
So later maven will be able to download the necessary components. (I don't know why this framework is not included into the standard maven repository)
2.) Add the RichFaces Dependencies
the next (and final) step is to add the RichFaces Dependencies into your Maven Web Module (I assume that you know how to build a web module with maven).
To find out the right dependencies takes me the most time as I did not found an example on the JBoss RichFaces Homepage. But finally I found these dependency configuration which works fine:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.richfaces.ui</groupId>
<artifactId>richfaces-ui</artifactId>
<version>3.2.1.GA</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
So add these three dependencies into your pom.xml.
That's really all!
I completed my first integration test with the Simple Ajax Echo example at it works perfect !
Now I begin to love RichFaces :-)
Posted at 01:44PM Sep 18, 2008
Posted by: Ralph
Category: Maven
Turbo Eclipse
These days I started a new Eclipse Project: Turbo Eclipse
The idea behind turbo eclipse is to provide a small and easy to use eclipse distribution for maven developers based on Eclipse Ganymede.
The goals of Turbo Eclipse are
- minimum amount of Plugins
- Full Maven support using Maven IDE Plugin
- Full Subversion support using subclipse
- Facelets Support using the Eclipse Facelets Project
The Project is hosted at dev.java.net:
https://turbo-eclipse.dev.java.net/
Feedback and Tips are welcome. If you would like to join the project contact me or request a project role on dev.java.net
Posted at 10:19AM Aug 23, 2008
Posted by: Ralph
Category: General
Eclipse Ganymede - Maven2 - Facelets
I invested a lot of hours to find out how to configure Eclipse Ganymede in a way where it works well in a JEE Facelets Project. Currently development of Facelets Web apps is not supported by the Eclipse IDE and WebToolPlattform (WTP). I am not sure but maybe the Eclipse WTP Team did not like Facelets developers. It is not easy to get things like code completion for xhtml files to run out of the box.
So this is my story how I configure a Eclipse Workspace to work with a JEE facelets web project.
I am using Eclipse Ganymede, Glassfish V2 and Maven2. These are the steps I go through:
1.) Install the Eclipse Facelets Plugin
The Eclipse Facelets Plugin is the key to develop xhtml files in eclipse. But it is brand new and - in the moment - not available trough the eclipse update manager.
The Plugin allows you to work in xhtml files like in JSP files. You got code completion and also some nice template wizzards. This plugin is very useful if you want to develop a JEE Web Facelets Application.
If you are interessted in the project - this is the project homepage:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/JSF_Facelets_Tools_Project
And in this webinar you can see the cool features of the plugin:
http://live.eclipse.org/node/225
But in the moment it is very difficult to get the plugin. If you are not familiar with plugin development, checkout plugin source code from eclipse, compile and export plugins it become very hard.... :-(
So I download the sources and compiled the plugin code with the eclipse IDE. If you don't want to go this way you can download the plugin from here.
Extract the file and copy the jars into your /plugin folder of your Eclipse Ganymede. Next restart Eclipse!
2.) Setup Workplace for JSF Support
Now you need to do some configurations to support Eclipse with the necessary Server Environment and JSF Libraries. This is not a project specific configuration but a workspace specific! So if you start in a new Workspace you need to repeat these steps.
First add your Glassfish Server to the Server list. Switch to the Server View and add a Glassfish V2 Server. You need this server environment (target runtime) later in your web project.
Next stp is to add the JSF Implementation form Glassfish to your Web JSF Configuration. This is explained also by Cay Horstmann's Blog:
http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cayhorstmann/archive/2007/07/jsf_support_in.html
So open the Eclipse preferences dialog and go to Web->JavaServer Faces->Libraries.
Create a new JSF library and name the library "GlassfishJSF-impl". Add only the jsf-impl.jar file. This file is located in the /glassfish/lib folder from your glassfish installation.
Now Restart you Eclipse! (I beleve this is a important step).
3.) Setup your Web Project
Now this is the most critical part. And I am not sure if every step is really necessary but it seems to work for me.
So open your Web Project (or create a new one) and open the project properties. Go to "Project Facets".
Here you can now add the "JSF 1.2" and also the new "Facelets 1.0" support:
You will see a link "Further configuration required". Click on it and configure the dialog like this using the server configuration from Glassfish:

You will not see this configuration page again after you close the property dialog! So be carefull. The only way is to disable the Faclets and JSP Support - apply the settings - and re enable the settings again! (It seems to me that this is a plan from the WTP Developers to craze JEE Developers)
Next check the "Java Build Path" settings of your Web Project. You need to add two libraries to your project.
The Server Runtime Library of Glassfish (automatical created during adding the Glassish Server to the Server list before)
Click "Add Library..." and select "Server Runtime"

Choose the Glassfish Server from the Server Runime list. Click finish.
Next you need to add the JSF Library created before. So click again "Add library..." and add a JSF Library and select you GlassfishJSF-Impl created before:

Finaly your project library settings should look like this (Maven Dependencies is only visible if you work in Maven2 project as I do)

Next check the Order of the Libs! This seems also to be very important:

Make sure that the Maven Entry is at the end of the list!
Now restart your Eclipse! If you are lucky you can now edit xhtml files with code completion support :-)
If it did not work...
But! When you work with Maven2 Projects and your xhtml files did not support code completion you need to check some things. I did not know while the project settings will not work after first configuration. I followed these additional steps:
1.) update you maven configuration of your web project
->maven->update project configuration
2.) check the order of the libraries
3.) check if you have added the a target runtime for glassfish and also the glassfish JSF-Impl. You can select the glassfish Server as your project target.
3.) Restart Eclipse and wait as long as all background jobs are finished before you test you xhtml editor.
So I hope this will helpe someones - every comments are wellcome!
Posted at 10:08AM Aug 16, 2008
Posted by: Ralph
Category: General
Eclipse Ganymede - Maven
Today I installed new Eclipse version Ganymede. The Update Center have changed and I need Subversion Team support and also maven2 for my projects.
So these are the steps I go through plugin installation:
Subversion Team Support
Eclipse supports now subversion integration ”subversive”. You can install this additional plugins using the update manager

Switch to the tab "Available Software" and expand the "Ganymede" section. There you will find the "SVN Team Provider Plugin" under "Collaboration Tools"
http://blog.punchbarrel.com/2008/06/30/using-the-new-subversion-integration-in-eclipse-ganymede/
So I installed the SVNKit 1.1.7 - this works perfect. I don't think that this step is necessary under Windows.
Maven2 Plugin
The next part for me was to add Maven2 Plugin support into my Eclipse.
General Informations about this Plugin can be read here:
http://m2eclipse.codehaus.org/
As the Maven Plugin Repository is not included in the Update Manager per default you need to add the Update Site manually.
So in the Update Manager switch to the tab "Available Software" and add the following Update Site to the Update Manager using the function "Add site"
http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/update/

You can now select the following Features from this Update Site:
- Maven Integration
- Maven Integration for Eclipse
- Maven POM XML Edtior
- Maven: The Definitive Guid book
- Maven Project Configurators
- Maven Integration for WTP
- Optional Components
- Nexus index for Centra Maven repository
After that you need a additional plugin to checkout Maven Projects from a Subversion Repository (using the context menu "check out as maven project"). These Subversive Integration is not included in the sonatype upates site. But it can be taken from the following update URL:
http://www.polarion.org/projects/subversive/download/integrations/update-site/
Again you need to add the Update Site manually.
After that you can add the Plugin
- "Subversive Integration for the M2Eclipse Project"
to your eclipse IDE.
After all my new Eclipse Ganymede seems to be very cool. Maven and Subversion works as perfect.
It's a pity that Eclipse Ganymede dos not integrate the Maven Plugin more easily....
Posted at 11:53AM Jul 09, 2008
Posted by: Ralph
Category: General
Maven: How to exclude EJB jars from a War Module
It happened to me that when I build my multi-module maven project and deploy it to my glassfish server I receifed server errors like this:
[#|2008-06-28T23:26:31.815+0200|SEVERE|sun-appserver9.1|javax.enterprise.system.tools.deployment|
_ThreadID=14;
_ThreadName=Timer-7;_RequestID=dffabadc-2951-492d-9b98-88ada568fd33;
|Annotations processing failed for
/opt/glassfish/domains/domain1/applications/j2ee-apps/org.imixs.shareyourwork.ear-0.7.3/
org.imixs.shareyourwork.ejb-0.7.3_jar|#]
[#|2008-06-28T23:26:32.218+0200|SEVERE|sun-appserver9.1|javax.enterprise.system.tools.deployment|
_ThreadID=14;_ThreadName=Timer-7;_RequestID=dffabadc-2951-492d-9b98-88ada568fd33;
|Class org.imixs.workflow.jee.ejb.WorkflowServiceManagerImplementation is annotated with
@WebService and @Stateless but is packaged in a WAR. If it is supposed to be an EJB endpoint,
it should be packaged in a JAR; Deployment will continue assuming this class to be just a POJO
used by other classes in the WAR being deployed symbol: javax.jws.WebService
This happens because the EJB modules which are included using a dependency tag in my war module are also added into the WEB-INF/lib directory.
And this is not allowed or necessary because the EJB jars are available in the EAR / EJB modul.
So the solution to avoid this error message was to add the folling tag to the dependency tag of the war module:
<scope>provided</scope>
This means that the JARs of this dependency are not included into the /lib folder of the war module. So the deployment process will proceed without error messages.
Posted at 08:51PM Jun 28, 2008
Posted by: Ralph
Category: Maven
Eclipse - JavaServer Faces - Configuration
In some cases it can happen that your Eclipse Web Project did not support code completion in a JSP or JSF page.
This happens to me in a JSF Project with MyFaces and Facelets Support. I build up the project using Maven so the project build was sucessfull and the project works well on my server but typing code with Eclipse JSP Editor war extreamly annoying as Eclipse did not support my with code completion.
The reason was that the project facets for my project where broken and also MyFaces Support was not added to Eclipse correctly. Indeed it is necessary to configure the myfaces support in Eclipse manually and I am not sure if I was not intelligent enough or the Eclipse WTP is not so easy to use as I should be.
So follow these steps if you run into a similar problem :
- create a MyFaces Folder localy on your computer (e.g: /home/user/myfaces)
- move the MyFaces libs and tomahawk libs into a subfolder lib/ (e.g:/home/user/myfaces/lib)
- commons-beanutils-x.x.x.jar
- commons-codec-x.x.x.jar
- commons-collections-x.x.jar
- commons-digester-x.x.jar
- commons-discovery-x.x.jar
- commons-logging-x.x.x.jar
- myfaces-api-x.x.x.jar
- myfaces-impl-x.x.x.jar
- tomahawk-x.x.x.jar
- move the tld Files for myfaces and tomahawk in a /tlds subfolder (e.g./home/user/myfaces/tlds)
- myfaces-impl-x.x.x-tlddoc.jar
- tomahawk-x.x.x-tlddoc.jar
- Edit the JavaServer Faces LIbraries
- open Window->Preferences
- go to Web and XML > JavaServer Faces Tools > Libraries
- add a new library "MyFaces" with all the jar files moved before to your myfaces/lib folder
- add a new library "MyFacesTLD" with all the jar files moved before to myfaces/tlds folder
- Next edit the Project Facets of your Web Project (Select your project and open >Project Properties > click modify )
- if there is allready available a JavaServerFaces Support - remove JavaServerFaces 1.2
- add JavaServerFaces 1.2. support and press "next" button
- select option "Sever supplied JSF Implemenation" and add the component libraries configured before in the right part of the selection. This is the importend part! And I did not found this dialog after clicking on "finish"
After this stepps code competion works for my JSF Project. Notice that I work with maven and Maven integration in Eclipse is currently not the best. But maybe this instruction will help you...
Posted at 10:29AM Jun 22, 2008
Posted by: Ralph
Category: General
Maven EAR Artefacts - web modul missing
I build a new Maven multi modul project with EJB, WEB and EAR Artifacts.
I was sure that I have added all necessary dependencies to my pom.xml files. But each time I try to install my EAR Artefact I receifed an error like this one:
....
Error message: Missing:
----------
1) org.imixs.myproject.web:jar:1.0.0
----------
1 required artifact is missing.
.....
The reason was that maven searches per default for a .jar artifact even if you try to add a WEB Modul!
So the solution was to change the dependency in my pom.xml of my ear artifact. I just added the <type> tag to the dependency with the value "war".
Also make sure that you add the type "ejb" to each ejb artifact you add to your ear artifact!
Now maven build succeeds :-)
Posted at 11:21AM Jun 21, 2008
Posted by: Ralph
Category: General