I am using Springsource Tool Suite for the web apps, and I figured I could have the same folder structure in the deployed web app with sources and resources, and even its own local .m2 repository. mvn install would work the same as it does in STS and the war file deployed to the /webapps directory above with autoexpand turned on.
Michael Oliver CTO, Corent Technology Inc. <http://www.corenttechnology.com> Mobile: +63-917-557-0990 *New! Office: +1(951) 260-0793 Home: +1(951) 263-6601 Skype: MikeOliverAZ Choice vs. Force <http://www.facebook.com/MikeOliverAZ><http://twitter.com/#%21/MikeOliverAZ><http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-oliver/0/1b9/197> See my Cloudbook profile.<http://cloudbook.net/community/contributors/michael-oliver> This email is intended only for the person to whom is addressed an/or otherwise authorized personnel. The information contained herein or referenced is confidential and the property of Corent Technology. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that viewing this message and any attachments, as well as copying, forwarding, printing, and disseminating any information related to this email is prohibited, and that you should not take any action based on the content of this email and/or its attachments. If you received this message in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this email and any attachment. Please note that the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the company. No warranties or assurances are made in relation to the safety and content of this email and attachments. Corent Technology accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by or contained in this email and attachments. No liability is accepted for any consequence arising from this email. On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Thomas Sundberg <t...@kth.se> wrote: > Hi! > > What about the source code needed for the web app? How do you plan to make > it available for the Maven process so the actual web app can be built? > > /Thomas > > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 22:55, Michael Oliver <moli...@corenttech.com > >wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have been using Maven for some time, particularly with Spring Web > > Applications with AspectJ. Frankly I know some developers, even some of > > mine still prefer Ant, but that's another story. > > > > I am writing because I want to explore another use case for Maven. > > > > I want to actually deploy Maven with its own local repository with Web > > Applications that are running as Software as a Service. The concept is > > pretty simple, deploy a web application let's call it "MySaaS", then when > > an upgrade happens the administrator logs into MySaaS/admin and uploads a > > new pom.xml and executes a mvn install, where maven compiles, tests and > > deploys the upgrade with absolute minimum down time for the application. > > Has anyone done anything like this? Is this a good idea? Am I crazy? > > > > Michael Oliver > > CTO, Corent Technology Inc. > > <http://www.corenttechnology.com> > > Mobile: +63-917-557-0990 *New! > > Office: +1(951) 260-0793 > > Home: +1(951) 263-6601 > > Skype: MikeOliverAZ > > Choice vs. Force > > > > <http://www.facebook.com/MikeOliverAZ>< > > http://twitter.com/#%21/MikeOliverAZ>< > > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-oliver/0/1b9/197> > > > > See my Cloudbook > > profile.<http://cloudbook.net/community/contributors/michael-oliver> > > > > This email is intended only for the person to whom is addressed an/or > > otherwise authorized personnel. The information contained herein or > > referenced is confidential and the property of Corent Technology. If you > > are not the intended recipient, please be advised that viewing this > message > > and any attachments, as well as copying, forwarding, printing, and > > disseminating any information related to this email is prohibited, and > that > > you should not take any action based on the content of this email and/or > > its attachments. If you received this message in error, please contact > the > > sender and destroy all copies of this email and any attachment. Please > note > > that the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the > author > > and do not necessarily reflect those of the company. No warranties or > > assurances are made in relation to the safety and content of this email > and > > attachments. Corent Technology accepts no liability for any damage caused > > by any virus transmitted by or contained in this email and attachments. > No > > liability is accepted for any consequence arising from this email. > > > > > > -- > Thomas Sundberg > M. Sc. in Computer Science > > Mobile: +46 70 767 33 15 > Blog: http://thomassundberg.wordpress.com/ > Twitter: @thomassundberg > > Better software through faster feedback >
