I've written a plugin (in Java) that explicitly invokes the main method of a Java class directly from within the jvm that maven is already running. My plugin is behaving/configured as I expect, but I have a classpath problem when control switches from my plugin code to the main method of the Java class it invokes.
I use the following method to print the classpath before I invoke the main method on my target class: project.getCompileClasspathElements(); (where project is MavenProject) And I get the list of jars I expect, including: /home/hedgert/.m2/repository/javax/servlet/servlet-api/2.4/servlet-api-2.4.jar which is the copy of javax.servlet that I have in my local maven repository. Great - so far so good. I invoke the main method of my target class and the code runs and then falls over with a: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletException If I check the contents of my servlet-api-2.4.jar: : jar -tf /home/hedgert/.m2/repository/javax/servlet/servlet-api/2.4/servlet-api-2.4.jar |grep ServletException javax/servlet/ServletException.class The missing class is indeed in the jar that is on the classpath. So presumably the classpath I'm getting back from: project.getCompileClasspathElements(); is not actually the classpath in operation when I invoke the main method on my class from within a running JVM. So my question is: maven has nicely worked out the classpath I need (using the dependencies in my pom.xml file for my target project, rather than my plugin), how do I get this classpath be active in the running JVM? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Build-time-classpath-using-my-java-plugin-tf1914923.html#a5242414 Sent from the Maven - Users forum at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
