Hi guys, I finally got one comment from someone that looks promising, but I'm not how to do what he's suggesting since he didn't give an example:
The reason you're having problems is because the copying of webapp resources is done by the war plugin<http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-war-plugin/>in the same breath that it builds the war. It's not a different lifecycle phase or even two different actions in the same phase. It's all part of the war:war goal <http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-war-plugin/war-mojo.html>. There's a workaround, though. If you bind war:exploded<http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-war-plugin/exploded-mojo.html>to an earlier phase, like prepare-package, then it will build your exploded webapp, and then you can put something after that to modify the files that were built to the exploded directory. Then war:war will package up the modified exploded directory. (With newer versions of the war plugin, I believe you'll need to set the useCache<http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-war-plugin/war-mojo.html#useCache>property to get the desired behavior, though that doesn't seem to really be what it's for, be wary.) I know how to bind the `maven-war-plugin` to an earlier phase, but how to bind just the war:exploded to an earlier phase as he suggests? Ken On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Ken Egervari <ken.egerv...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think there has to be a better way than using the excludes. I really > don't want to be maintaining so many lists of javascript files... it'll be > way too much of a maintenance problem. I just want this "to work". My > project is massive. There is at least 150 javascript files as it is, and > probably another 100-150 to be created. I just can't do the maintenance > work. I am doing this whole project just by myself, and it's massive. > > Ken > > > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Robert Scholte <rfscho...@codehaus.org>wrote: > >> >> What about warSourceExcludes[1]? >> >> Don't make the m-war-plugin responsible for copying these files but the >> yuicompressor. >> >> >> >> >> >> -Robert >> >> >> >> [1] >> http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-war-plugin/war-mojo.html#warSourceExcludes >> >> >> > Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 08:44:28 -0500 >> > Subject: Re: YUI Compressor Maven plugin executed at wrong time and >> tomcat plugin not using yui-compressor output >> > From: ken.egerv...@gmail.com >> > To: users@maven.apache.org >> > >> > Yes, I've been playing around with getting the development/production >> part >> > working, and I think I've got it. >> > >> > I am still having problems getting the yuicompressor:compress goal to be >> > called at the right time. The problem is that the war:war goal has a >> bunch >> > of actions backed into it, and I don't know a way to wire into it and >> call >> > the yuicompressor:compress goal just after it copies the webResources >> > directory. If I can solve that, I think I am golden. But I don't know if >> > that can be done. >> > >> > Ken >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 4:02 AM, Stephen Connolly < >> > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > this is a perfect use case for profiles. >> > > >> > > in the release profile you use yui-compress to copy them into the war >> > > >> > > in a development profile you add warResources to construct the war >> from the >> > > direct sources.... >> > > >> > > that (assuming the tomcat maven plugin is written right... jetty can >> do >> > > this for sure) will give development with live editing, and just >> -Prelease >> > > to get the compressed version >> > > >> > > - Stephen >> > > >> > > --- >> > > Sent from my Android phone, so random spelling mistakes, random >> nonsense >> > > words and other nonsense are a direct result of using swype to type >> on the >> > > screen >> > > On 4 Dec 2011 01:52, "Ken Egervari" <ken.egerv...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > >> > > > I think I should just give up on this problem because I don't think >> Maven >> > > > has the ability to solve it, and if it does, I have no idea where >> to look >> > > > for a solution and its clear nobody else writing java web >> applications >> > > > knows how to solve this problem :/ >> > > > >> > > > I guess I am stuck with manually including each main file on each >> page >> > > > where it is used, or coding everything in an all.js manually :/ >> > > > >> > > > Even if I can get Maven to properly call the YUI:compress goal at >> the >> > > right >> > > > time, I still have maintain two lists of css and javascript files >> for my >> > > > application - one for the aggregations, and one for my freemarker >> > > template >> > > > that switches between using all the individual source files for >> > > > development, or using the all.css/all.js for production. >> > > > >> > > > I genuinely don't see a nice solution to do what the Rails people >> have >> > > > conveniently got in place. I am totally flustered that the >> Maven/Spring >> > > > combo has no good for answer to this problem :( >> > > > >> > > > Ken >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Ken Egervari < >> ken.egerv...@gmail.com> >> > > > wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > 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 >> > > > >> >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> >
