Thanks for the suggestions. I tried the dependency plugin. Works great as a Maven goal. I have not found a m2e lifecycle mapping for unpack yet; finding some info, so hope to make it work within the IDE. Tried this [0] with <execute/> but only removed the warning of no lifecycle mapped. Will continue trying to find the answer, as it appears to work for others...
[0] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8706017/maven-dependency-plugin-goals-copy-dependencies-unpack-is-not-supported-b On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Winsor, Daniel <daniel.win...@etrade.com>wrote: > Hi, > > If I understood correctly, what I'd do is make a dummy pom with a > maven-dependency-plugin:unpack goal with output directory as the working > directory, then just build that dummy project whenever you want. > > Another thing you can do is overlay the .war when building the test > module, or vice versa, using the maven-war-plugin. > > I don't have problems running either of these plugins in Eclipse. > > Hope this helps, > Daniel Winsor > Associate, IT Architecture > > > > > On 11/2/12 1:07 PM, "Jeff Jensen" <jeffjen...@upstairstechnology.com> > wrote: > > >We have some integration tests and prefer to use an embedded Tomcat > >instance vs deploying to an external, running server (avoid external dep > >problem). The tests are in a separate module than the war module. The > >need is to retrieve the built war from the local repo and explode it into > >the working directory for the embedded instance. > > > >We're also trying to avoid using a Maven plugin to retrieve and explode > >the > >war to prevent problems with running the tests in IDEs (Eclipse + m2e and > >IDEA). (However, possibly a Maven plugin wouldn't cause problems for > >them?) > > > >I'm wondering if anyone has solved this in a simple manner. I've been > >googling, reading, and trying a few things and have not found an answer > >(perhaps I'm close but missing a final how-to). I've investigated things > >like Shrinkwrap, java.util.jar.JarFile, and bloggers' own craptaculous > >approaches on file manipulations, and now wondering if Aether is what to > >try next. What I've seen keeps looking like brute-force coding... > > > >I'm close to moving the ITs into the war module, as the packaged war is > >right there in target... > >However, would be good to know a good way or two of solving retrieval of > >artifacts from the local repo. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >
