> Thank you for that, I'll look into that tonight :). > > I'm not sure if WTP will help me, though, since we're using war overlays, and > I understand that's not supported by wtp/m2eclipse.
Thats no longer the case. >From >http://community.jboss.org/en/tools/blog/2011/06/23/m2eclipse-wtp-0130-new-noteworthy: "Experimental war overlay support Finally, after all these years, m2e-wtp offers support for maven war overlays…." It's out there and ready for feedback and other contributions to make it better. /max > > Cheers, > - hugi > > > > On 8.8.2011, at 19:18, Fred Bricon wrote: > >> Hugi, >> >> you don't need to invoke mvn package on your webapp after each local >> modification. >> You can install m2e-wtp (https://github.com/sonatype/m2eclipse-wtp/wiki), if >> you want a tight integration with the Eclipse Web Tools Project and its >> JavaEE tooling, or webby >> (https://docs.sonatype.org/display/M2ECLIPSE/Integration+with+Maven+WAR+Plugin) >> which is more limited in scope but provides faster turnarounds. >> Both plugins can be integrated with JRebel. >> You can read Rafal's testimony on the subject : >> http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/m2e-users/msg01041.html >> >> Regards, >> >> Fred Bricon >> >> >> 2011/8/8 Hugi Thordarson <[email protected]> >> [originally sent to the maven-users list, before I discovered this one] >> >> Hi all. >> >> I'm using Eclipse 3.7 to develop Web Applications (jsp & servlets) using >> Maven (m2eclipse). >> >> Currently, when I make modifications to a class or resource in Eclipse, I >> have to manually invoke "mvn package" on my project to get the updated >> resources/jars copied to the target directory (where the application is >> running, from an external Tomcat). >> >> Anyone know if I can make the Maven auto builder in Eclipse automatically >> update the web application residing in my target folder, so I can skip the >> manual step? (and totally enjoy the autoloading of modified classes JRebel >> is providing) >> >> (or if someone has a better idea for a workflow—essentially, I just want to >> code, and not have to do any manual work for each modification. >> >> Cheers, >> - hugi >> _______________________________________________ >> m2e-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users >> >> >> >> -- >> "Have you tried turning it off and on again" - The IT Crowd >> _______________________________________________ >> m2e-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users > > _______________________________________________ > m2e-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users /max http://about.me/maxandersen _______________________________________________ m2e-users mailing list [email protected] https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users
