[ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MWAR-9?page=comments#action_77928 ] M. van Leeuwen commented on MWAR-9: -----------------------------------
Is adding a new scope not the easiest way? Just configure the dependency with scope 'ear' and it will not be included as jar in the WAR, but in the EAR. The plugin should without any configuration find these scoped dependencies and add them as a classpath entry to the manifest. > WAR plugin should support minimal WARs for inclusion within an EAR > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: MWAR-9 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MWAR-9 > Project: Maven 2.x War Plugin > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Mike Perham > > I noticed that when I build a WAR, I get a gigantic WEB-INF/lib with all my > deps. This is fine for a default but maven should also support "skeleton" > WARs which will be packaged within an EAR. We have EARs which package 3-4 > WARs each and to have the deps duplicated within each WAR means we cannot > have shared data (since the classes are loaded within each WAR's classloader, > rather than by the parent EAR's classloader). It also means 80MB EARs! :-) > It seems like two things need to happen: > 1) Add a "skeleton" flag which prevents copying any dependencies to > WEB-INF/lib. > 2) Instead generate a META-INF/MANIFEST.MF which has a Class-Path entry which > lists the relative locations of the dependencies within the parent EAR. > Fabrice has basically the same idea written down here. Starting with "- for > a War..." : > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=turbine-maven-user&m=112737860024530&w=2 -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
