Hi guys, 2006/7/7, Alexandre Poitras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Can't you create more than one war and add them to an ear archive? If it's not a valid strategy in your case than I guess you can use the dependency plugin "unpack" goal (http://mojo.codehaus.org/dependency-maven-plugin/) or you can use the war merging feature of Maven (don't know how it works but I know it exists).
war merging feature? Is this documented somewhere out there? sounds promissing. I'm also interested in best practises on this topic, since we're producing large webapps too. having all resources in just one big module is a bit nasty. -Stefan
In my case, I use the dependency plugin to unpack resources (images, css, ...) dependencies. Note those aren't limitations of Maven but of JEE since each web modules must be packaged as an individual war and of the web because there isn't any standard resources archive format. Hope it helps! On 7/6/06, Alex Shneyderman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, guys for your responses. > > But ... I think I was not understood correctly. Let me clarify a bit here. > > The problem is not so much to separate layers into modules (it seems > that's what examples demonstrate), but how to break up a big web > application into smaller modules. The module's boundary is not that of > the layer (business, webapp, core, etc). Web application itself needs > to be broken onto smaller submodules. So core would have all the > templates, js and css files and will be a webapp on its own, the child > module would have concrete pages that utilize those templates and > styles and in combination with the core module would constitute > complete sub-application of a bigger app. > > When I develop I would like to checkout just one module and a few > modules that this module depends on. Of course I would be able to > deploy this one small module (and all of its dependencies), but it > will not be the site itself, just one little portion. It also makes > creation of the new module easier. Just declare dependencies and > create a simple WAR structure. > > When I am happy with the little module I worked on, I will want to > deploy it to production. This is when I will have to merge all the > configuration files (web.xml comes to mind) and directory structures > but only on creation of the WAR no need for physical merge on the > system someplace. > > I am not sure if this made my question any clearer :-) > > > On 7/6/06, Tamás Cservenák <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > > > a quick example for this, see here: > > https://is-micro.myip.hu/trac/ismicro-commons/browser/trunk/ismicro-proximity > > > > Three modules: px-core (j2ee and transport independent), px-core-maven > > (maven bindings for core, till no sign of webapp) and px-webapp. The module > > separation should be "natural" and/or "logical" -- whetever it means :) > > > > In my practice it means, produce ONLY ONE ARTIFACT, be as small and as > > simple as it can (but naturally keep the overall module count manageable). > > > > Maven generated site from these sources here: > > http://proximity.abstracthorizon.org/ > > > > > > ~t~ > > > > On 7/6/06, ben short <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Also have a look at the better builds with maven book, there is an > > > example in there. > > > > > > On 7/6/06, ben short <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Create a project for each of the core module and the children. then > > > > the webapp can pull them in as dependancies. > > > > > > > > On 7/6/06, Alex Shneyderman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > How does one disect a web app into many modules but deploy it as one > > > web app? > > > > > > > > > > This is what I mean: > > > > > > > > > > We have a web application that is quite big. We can identify many > > > > > modules of it. There is a few core modules, and a bunch of child > > > > > modules. Practically all children are dependendent on core modules, > > > > > some child modules depend on other child modules. The modularization > > > > > is done in purely logical way. Meaning, we still have one maven > > > > > project for the webapp. > > > > > > > > > > I was wondering if anyone can suggest a way to break those modules up > > > > > into seprate physical modules while keeping the ability to create a > > > > > unifying webapp? Is it even possible with Maven 1 or 2? > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Alex. > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Thanks, > Alex. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
