How do you build an Eclipse plugin with Maven? What dependencies or plugins do I need? I am looking to develop for Eclipse 3.7.
You can use Maven 3.3 (at least) and Maven Tycho 0.24.0. Add this to your project's .mvn/extensions.xml:
<extensions>
<extension>
<groupId>org.eclipse.tycho.extras</groupId>
<artifactId>tycho-pomless</artifactId>
<version>0.26.0</version>
</extension>
</extensions>
Then you must define your pom.xml according to the structure of your project.
I recommend this article: Eclipse Tycho for building Eclipse Plug-ins, OSGi bundles and RCP applications - Tutorial
You can follow the example on this page to have a general idea of using maven plugin Tycho.
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Is there a similar to eclipse maven update by Jdeveloper maven project?
Thanks for any suggestions!
What does this option do in Eclipse?
Is it just to synchronize the Maven POM with the project definition in Eclipse?
If that is the case this should be done automatically for you in JDeveloper 12.
Once you add a library to your JDev project it will show up in your POM.
I'm running through the jboss as7 getting started guide here http://hudson.jboss.org/jenkins/job/JBoss-AS7-Docs/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/guides/developer-getting-started-guide/target/docbook/publish/en-US/html/helloworld.html . The tutorial has us setting up an example helloworld quickstart maven project.
I'm able to deploy this project from the command line successfully
mvn package jboss-as:deploy
but when I attempt to deploy the helloworld example from Eclipse - the 'run on server' option is missing from the run menu. I have Eclipse 3.7 and maven wtp installed.
Not sure how to fix, any advice appreciated.
The run on server related options only appears if your project has the Dynamic Web Moudle project facets.
You can try to configure it using the Project Facets options in your project properties
To help any other developer with this problem.
I was dealing with this issue recently. Maven projects are structured differently than Dynamic Web Projects. So when you manually add the Dynamic Web Module using Project Facets, eclipse may not register it properly as a Maven project.
To solve this, you have to install the m2e plugin and M2E Eclipse WTP plugin (this tells Eclipse how to run your maven projects).
Go to Help -> Eclipse Marketplace to search for the plugins.
After installing, you will need to restart Eclipse then you will be able to use "run on server" for your Maven projects.
Note: You may need to remove/delete the previous project then import/create it again after the restart.
You have to add maven eclipse pluginin your pom.xml file..
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9</version>
</plugin>
According to Red Hat's site, The M2E Eclipse WTP plugin (m2eclipse-wtp) has been deprecated in favor of the newer m2e-wtp plugin. If you don't want to go through the marketplace, the URL for the new plugin is http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases.
After copying the project and refreshing it, closing and reopening it, removing and re-adding it (right-click on server) and updating Maven... the option reappeared.
I think it occurs when you up the version of the Java compiler in your .pom file, when you up the compiler in project properties or it has to do with using the newer Jersey (2) version or when you both include local libraries and maven dependencies, it may also be a consequence of a combination of these. It's pretty unclear.
Note though, that you can still add/remove projects by right-clicking on the server in the servers tab.
I want to use Maven 2 for buliding Web App using Spring 3.05 and Hibernate 3.6 on Tomcat 6 and JDK 1.6.20
In order to convert Maven WEb Project to Eclipse Web Project I need to use the following command:
mvn -Dwtpversion=[something] eclipse:eclipse
In Maven+ Eclipse documentation I can see that The plugin actually can create WTP R7, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 configuration files.
Which version should I use in my case?
What are the other versions need for?
If I check in Eclipse it seems like I have WTP 3.1.1 installed.
Please elaborate.
If you are using m2eclipse - eclipse plugin for maven support, you can import the maven project to eclipse without needing to run maven eclipse plugin. This will save you the trouble of having to specify version.
I have a mavenized Eclipse plug-in project and I would like to be able to generate an OSGi-ready manifest for it. Is this supported by m2eclipse?
If you have a maven project, you can use the Maven Bundle Plugin for this.
Indeed maven-bundle-plugin, when using eclipse also have a look at the "Eclipse/PDE integration" chapter to put the MANIFEST.MF in a location eclipse understands.
I'm new to this approach. I've used Maven, Tomcat and Eclipse for my web application. But I'm trying the approach where you create a Maven project using an archetype plugin.
My goal is to create a Web Application Project for Eclipse using Maven that can then be imported into Eclipse. I'm pretty sure there is a super-easy way to do this and I want to know what it is.
I'm using Tomcat 6, Eclipse Helios and Maven 2.
I was referring to this 3-part post:
http://united-coders.com/phillip-steffensen/maven-2-part-1-setting-up-a-simple-apache-maven-2-project
But when I imported the project into Eclipse, I couldn't see the Run As > Run on server option.
What is the best way to go about this? Any links to resources that'd help me understand the approach would be great!
My goal is to create a Web Application Project for eclipse using maven that can then be imported into Eclipse. I'm pretty sure there is a super-easy way to do this and I want to know what it is.
Use the maven archetype plugin to generate your project. Here is how to tell it to use the maven-archetype-webapp when invoking it from the command line:
mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp
But when I imported the project into eclipse, I couldn't see the Run As > Run on server option.
It actually all depends on what you use for Eclipse/Maven integration. There are basically two options (and they both provide WTP integration):
the maven-eclipse-plugin which is a Maven plugin that can generate Eclipse files (.project and .classpath and so on) allowing to import the project as Existing projects into Workspace.
the m2eclipse plugin which is an Eclipse Plugin providing Maven integration inside Eclipse and allowing to import a Maven project as Existing Maven projects.
The maven-eclipse-plugin approach
If you use the maven-eclipse-plugin, you have to configure it for WTP support and here is a typical configuration:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8</version>
<configuration>
<projectNameTemplate>[artifactId]-[version]</projectNameTemplate>
<wtpmanifest>true</wtpmanifest>
<wtpapplicationxml>true</wtpapplicationxml>
<wtpversion>2.0</wtpversion>
<manifest>${basedir}/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifest>
</configuration>
</plugin>
With this configuration, running mvn eclipse:eclipse on your maven project will generate the WTP files so that the project can be recognized as a Dynamic project (i.e. runnable on a Server). Then import it via Import... > Existing projects into Workspace.
The m2eclipse approach
If you use the m2eclipse plugin (and that would be my recommendation), make sure to install the Maven Integration for WTP from the extras. From the install instructions:
Installing m2eclipse Extras
To install optional m2eclipse
components, you will need to use the
m2eclipse Extras update site. This
update site contains the following
m2eclipse components:
Maven SCM Integration
Maven SCM handler for Team/CVS
Maven SCM handler for Subclipse
Maven issue tracking configurator for Mylyn 3.x
Maven Integration for WTP
M2Eclipse Extensions Development Support
m2eclipse Extras Update Site: http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/sites/m2e-extras
And then just import your project via Import... > Existing Maven projects and if it's a webapp, it should get recognized as a Dynamic project.
Indigo: m2eclipse approach for Indigo is different. See Maven/Tomcat Projects In Eclipse Indigo/3.7
Important: Note that both approaches are exclusive, use one or the other. But in both cases, there is no need to add a facet manually if you use them correctly.
Download and install the eclipse maven plugin from here. Create your project using the new project wizard in eclipse. Select Maven project and create the project using the archetype you discussed. Set appropriate source folders and add libraries used as part of project properties. This should set you up for your project.
Very simple,
you only have to create a new Maven project with packaging type ‘war’ and directories creation done automatically