jst.web facet is inconsistently determined
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Key: MECLIPSE-595
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MECLIPSE-595
Project: Maven 2.x Eclipse Plugin
Issue Type: Bug
Components: WTP support
Affects Versions: 2.7
Reporter: Darien Hager
Priority: Minor
The first problem is the plugin chooses the wrong facet when it sees certain
dependencies.
The second is that even explicit facet choices won't override this, and merely
create a duplicate entry in the generated .settings file. At the very least
there should be some sort of warning text.
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If you have the dependency:
{code}
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
{code}
The plugin will correctly create a jst.web facet of 2.5. However, this feature
breaks down when it encounters:
{code}
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>6.0.18</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
{code}
And the plugin will chose a jst.web version of *6.0*, which thoroughly
confuses Eclipse. In fact, you can't fix the problem without *manually* editing
the _org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml_ file because Eclipse's GUI
is paralyzed by it.
This may be the wrong dependency to have, but the behavior is undocumented ( ?
) and caused me to waste a lot of time trying to figure out what was going on.
There should at least be some sort of warning.
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Lastly, if you try to use _additionalProjectnatures_ to fix the problem...
{code}
<additionalProjectFacets>
<jst.web>2.5</jst.web>
</additionalProjectFacets>
{code}
You get an even more broken _org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml_
that repeats the facet twice.
{code}
faceted-project>
<fixed facet="jst.java"/>
<fixed facet="jst.web"/>
<installed facet="jst.web" version="6.0"/>
<installed facet="jst.java" version="5.0"/>
<installed facet="jst.web" version="2.5"/>
</faceted-project>
{code}
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Requested fix:
1. When the jst.web version is "autodetected", have an INFO or DEBUG line about
it.
2. If the jst.web faced is explicit in the plugin configuration, it should
override and replace the autodetected version.
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