I think the problem is that there is no phase I can merge into just after it prepares the war directory - at least not from where I can see in the life-cycle documentation. What is the phase name? Is it not any of the package or pre-package phases - it is still too early or too late.
Ken On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 5:16 AM, Jeff MAURY <jeffma...@jeffmaury.com> wrote: > By default, the compress goal of the YUI maven plugin is bound to the > process-resources phase. > So, you need to bind it to another phase after the war plugin has produced > the war directory structure the Tomcat plugin will use. > I recommand you also customize the outputDirectory parameter of the YUI > maven plugin because the default value does not comply with the standard > Maven War directory layout. > > Regards > Jeff MAURY > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: fe.character.guide <fe.character.gu...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:17 AM > Subject: YUI Compressor Maven plugin executed at wrong time and tomcat > plugin not using yui-compressor output > To: users@maven.apache.org > > > Hello everyone! > > I'm trying to get some basic maven build processes configured correctly > with my Java project, and beyond Stackoverflow, I'm not sure > where else to turn. > > I'd like to compress all of my javascript files and aggregate them using > YUICompressor, and I saw that there was a maven plugin to allow me to do > this. I got it working for the most part. > > I am also using the Mojo tomcat plugin as well. When i go to run the > tomcat:run goal, tomcat does not read from the target's output > directory (this is where the YUI compressor put my javascript files) - but > rather, it reads from the actual source files in my "src/main/ > webapp/scripts" directory. Of course, the aggregated javascript file > (all.js) is not there. This makes sense, but is a big problem for me. > > I have a few questions. > > 1. How can I get the tomcat plugin to read the target's output folder that > the yui compressor plugin created? > > 2. Do I have to run the yui compressor maven goal every time I want to > update my javascript files during development while my tomcat instance is > running? > > 3. How can tell Maven that I want to run the YUI compressor AFTER Maven > copies over the `src/main/webapp` directory? Currently, Maven runs the YUI > compressor, but then overwrites all of the compressed css and javascript > files with the original source files, defeating the purposes of compressing > them ;) > > 4. Is there a better way to achieve my objective rather than using the YUI > compressor? Essentially, my end goal is to be able to develop JavaScript > code in separate files and test my source files in development mode without > having to aggregate them... but I want to compress and aggregate the files > and use the `all.js` script when the application is running in production > mode. > > While the Rails people have certainly figured this out, this seems to be a > non-trivial thing to do with Maven and Spring. > I would appreciate any and all assistance on how I can get this running > correctly. Thanks! > > > > -- > "Legacy code" often differs from its suggested alternative by actually > working and scaling. > - Bjarne Stroustrup > > http://www.jeffmaury.com > http://riadiscuss.jeffmaury.com > http://www.twitter.com/jeffmaury >
