I do have a lot of empathy for people trying to bypass enterprise security :)
So here is a simple working recipe:
--- pom fragment ---
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.cayenne.modeler</groupId>
<artifactId>cayenne-modeler</artifactId>
<version>${cayenne.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.5.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>run-modeler</id>
<goals>
<goal>java</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<mainClass>org.apache.cayenne.modeler.Main</mainClass>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
--- run command ----
$ mvn exec:java@run-modeler
It works with any version, past or future. We should just document this to make
it more accessible.
Andrus
> On May 3, 2026, at 7:10 PM, Michael Gentry <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> What's preventing those people from installing the Modeler?
>
> Honestly, enterprise policy, especially on Windows systems that were much
> more locked down than Macs. Running CM as a Maven plugin backdoored the app
> into their systems. I could also make them a cm.bat file or give them the
> mvn command to run. The latter was usually preferred as running a .bat file
> was against policy.
>
> mrg
>
>
> On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I just whacked it yesterday :) Made Modeler internals a bit cleaner.
>>
>>> make it easier for people to run CM who didn't have it installed.
>>
>> I understand that this is the use case, but I can't relate to it. What's
>> preventing those people from installing the Modeler?
>>
>> A.
>>
>>
>>> On May 3, 2026, at 5:09 PM, Michael Gentry <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I always created a cm.sh script in the root project directory to make it
>>> easier for people to run CM who didn't have it installed.
>>>
>>> The solution you show, for the Mac at least, works if you have CM
>> installed
>>> and a Mac. :-)
>>>
>>> I don't have any strong opinions, but if the burden of keeping the Maven
>>> plugin is minimal, I think I'd want to keep it.
>>>
>>> mrg
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> FYI: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAY-2925. Anyone feels
>>>> strongly about the need for starting the Modeler from Maven? This always
>>>> looked odd to me. Besides the following works just fine (on Mac):
>>>>
>>>> $ open CayenneModeler.app --args ~/path/to/cayenne-project.xml
>>>>
>>>> Andrus
>>
>>
