Convert Maven based web application to support eclipse
In this section, you will learn to convert Maven based web application to support eclipse.
The apache-maven-2.2.1 versions is used in the below example.
Note: If you are unaware of creating web application using maven click here.
Follow the Step to to convert Maven based web application to eclipse web application :
Step1 : First, you need to configure maven-eclipse-plugin in pom.xml as follows :
<!--maven-eclipse-plugin--> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.9</version> <configuration> <pde>true</pde> </configuration> </plugin>
Step 2: Run mvn install to install the maven-compiler-plugin.
| C:\project_maven\roseindia-webapp>mvn install [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building roseindia-webapp Maven Webapp [INFO] task-segment: [install] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-eclips e-plugin/2.9/maven-eclipse-plugin-2.9.pom 14K downloaded (maven-eclipse-plugin-2.9.pom) Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-plugin s/22/maven-plugins-22.pom 12K downloaded (maven-plugins-22.pom) Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven-parent/21/mave n-parent-21.pom 25K downloaded (maven-parent-21.pom) Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-eclips e-plugin/2.9/maven-eclipse-plugin-2.9.jar 212K downloaded (maven-eclipse-plugin-2.9.jar) [INFO] [resources:resources {execution: default-resources}] [WARNING] Using platform encoding (Cp1252 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent! [INFO] Copying 0 resource [INFO] [compiler:compile {execution: default-compile}] [INFO] No sources to compile [INFO] [resources:testResources {execution: default-testResources}] [WARNING] Using platform encoding (Cp1252 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent! [INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory C:\project_maven\roseindia-webapp\src \test\resources [INFO] [compiler:testCompile {execution: default-testCompile}] [INFO] No sources to compile [INFO] [surefire:test {execution: default-test}] [INFO] No tests to run. [INFO] [war:war {execution: default-war}] [INFO] Packaging webapp [INFO] Assembling webapp[roseindia-webapp] in [C:\project_maven\roseindia-webapp \target\roseindia-webapp] [INFO] Processing war project [INFO] Copying webapp resources[C:\project_maven\roseindia-webapp\src\main\webap p] [INFO] Webapp assembled in[31 msecs] [INFO] Building war: C:\project_maven\roseindia-webapp\target\roseindia-webapp.w ar [INFO] [install:install {execution: default-install}] [INFO] Installing C:\project_maven\roseindia-webapp\target\roseindia-webapp.war to C:\Documents and Settings\satya\.m2\repository\net\roseindia\roseindia-webapp \1.0\roseindia-webapp-1.0.war [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 5 seconds [INFO] Finished at: Fri Jul 13 12:24:34 GMT+05:30 2012 [INFO] Final Memory: 11M/28M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Step 3 :Run mvn eclipse:eclipse -Dwtpversion=2.0 command to
convert Maven based web application to support eclipse :
| C:\project_maven\roseindia-webapp>mvn
eclipse:eclipse -Dwtpversion=2.0 [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building roseindia-webapp Maven Webapp [INFO] task-segment: [eclipse:eclipse] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Preparing eclipse:eclipse [INFO] No goals needed for project - skipping [INFO] [eclipse:eclipse {execution: default-cli}] [INFO] Adding support for WTP version 2.0. [INFO] Using Eclipse Workspace: C:\ [INFO] Adding default classpath container: org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAIN ER [INFO] The Maven Eclipse plugin runs in 'pde'-mode. [WARNING] The references manifest file doesnt exist, plugin dependencies will no t be updated: {0} [INFO] File C:\project_maven\roseindia-webapp\.project already exists. Additional settings will be preserved, run mvn eclipse:clean if you want old settings to be removed. [INFO] Wrote Eclipse project for "roseindia-webapp" to C:\project_maven\roseindi a-webapp. [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 1 second [INFO] Finished at: Fri Jul 13 13:36:54 GMT+05:30 2012 [INFO] Final Memory: 9M/22M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'cmd' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. C:\project_maven\roseindia-webapp>mvn eclipse:eclipse -Dwtpversion=2.0 [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building roseindia-webapp Maven Webapp [INFO] task-segment: [eclipse:eclipse] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Preparing eclipse:eclipse [INFO] No goals needed for project - skipping [INFO] [eclipse:eclipse {execution: default-cli}] [INFO] Adding support for WTP version 2.0. [INFO] Using Eclipse Workspace: C:\ [INFO] Adding default classpath container: org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAIN ER [INFO] Wrote settings to C:\project_maven\roseindia-webapp\.settings\org.eclipse .jdt.core.prefs [INFO] The Maven Eclipse plugin runs in 'pde'-mode. [WARNING] The references manifest file doesnt exist, plugin dependencies will no t be updated: {0} [INFO] Wrote Eclipse project for "roseindia-webapp" to C:\project_maven\roseindi a-webapp. [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 1 second [INFO] Finished at: Fri Jul 13 13:37:30 GMT+05:30 2012 [INFO] Final Memory: 9M/22M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
You can see the newly created folder .settings, and two files .classpath and .project inside your project folder as given below :
Step 4: Import Maven project into Eclipse project as follows :
Go to File menu >Import option >Existing Projects into Workspace>click next
Browse the Maven project and click Finish as given below :
Now, you can see your application(roseindia-webapp) in Eclipse :
