Thanks for the reply, I'm looking at using hot deploy(as described in this post: http://www.smies.com/blog/?p=30) and run tests from inside eclipseIDE. To me it seems like having a flat-structure where each submodule becomes its own eclipseIDE project would help me achieve that. In my opinion if I can use hot deploy and run tests more easily (not having to tweak the working dir of my test runconfig) then I should adopt the flat-structure. My main concern is the issue with the release plugin with flat-structure multi-module projects as described here: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-261.
Apparently there is a workaround to the release plugin limitation (one needs to define a build pom and a parent pom). The release plugin uses the build pom. Have others fulfilled the above requirements with a flat-structure multi-module project ? Regards, -Guillaume ________________________________ From: Walid "jo" Gedeon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 21/11/2008 7:14 PM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: Maven multi-module setup hierarchical or flat folder hierarchy Hello Guillaume, I must say I've tried both with almost equal success, the one positive advantage of the hierarchical option is that it allows the option of having multiple depths of hierarchy without the quick growth of the number of folders on a level. It also helps organize the structure when there's a large number of sub-projects. My 2 cents :-D w On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Jeudy, Guillaume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi Maven gurus, > > I would like to know what is the best recommended way of definining maven > multi-module projects? > > Is it the hierarchical ? > > parent/pom.xml > parent/childA/pom.xml > parent/childB/pom.xml > > or flat-structure ? > > parent/pom.xml > childA/pom.xml > childB/pom.xml > > > I'm using eclipseIDE with m2eclipse and hierarchical multi-module structure > and the maven release plugin to manage my release cycle. My setup works > reasonably well but I have seen others using the flat-structure. > > Can someone tell me what are the pros and cons of both approaches? I'm not > sure which one is best. > > Thanks, > -Guillaume > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ > This electronic mail (including any attachments) may contain information > that is privileged, confidential, and/or otherwise protected from disclosure > to anyone other than its intended recipient(s). Any dissemination or use of > this electronic email or its contents (including any attachments) by persons > other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply email > so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original > message (including any attachments) in its entirety. Thank you. > ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ This electronic mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or otherwise protected from disclosure to anyone other than its intended recipient(s). Any dissemination or use of this electronic email or its contents (including any attachments) by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply email so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message (including any attachments) in its entirety. Thank you.
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