[ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MWAR-9?page=comments#action_74125 ] Joe Mays commented on MWAR-9: -----------------------------
I agree with Al; until we can support packaging a mixture of WAR dependencies using WEB-INF/lib and MANIFEST.MF, m2 does not support JEE packaging requirements. > WAR plugin should support minimal WARs for inclusion within an EAR > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: MWAR-9 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MWAR-9 > Project: Maven 2.x War Plugin > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Mike Perham > > I noticed that when I build a WAR, I get a gigantic WEB-INF/lib with all my > deps. This is fine for a default but maven should also support "skeleton" > WARs which will be packaged within an EAR. We have EARs which package 3-4 > WARs each and to have the deps duplicated within each WAR means we cannot > have shared data (since the classes are loaded within each WAR's classloader, > rather than by the parent EAR's classloader). It also means 80MB EARs! :-) > It seems like two things need to happen: > 1) Add a "skeleton" flag which prevents copying any dependencies to > WEB-INF/lib. > 2) Instead generate a META-INF/MANIFEST.MF which has a Class-Path entry which > lists the relative locations of the dependencies within the parent EAR. > Fabrice has basically the same idea written down here. Starting with "- for > a War..." : > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=turbine-maven-user&m=112737860024530&w=2 -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
