When you execute mvn gwt:run you're not executing the maven lifecycle - just that goal of the gwt plugin. Thus, the plugin bindings you've specified are not executed. Try mvn install instead.
/Anders On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 16:00, Ryan Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm using the properties-maven-plugin to load properties from a file and > trying to use one of these properties in configuring the GWT plugin. GWT > has > a "run" goal, which has executePhase=compile. When I invoke gwt:run, the > value of the property in question is null instead of the value from the > file. With an antrun execution bound to compile, I can see that the > property > is, indeed, set. Is the gwt:run goal running in some other context than the > antrun goal bound to the compile phase? What's making the property > unavailable? > > I'm including below the pom.xml, properties file, and output of running the > gwt:run goal. In the pom, you can see it's configured to 1) read a property > from build.properties, 2) echo the property using antrun, and 3) use the > property in the gwt plugin's configuration. I purposely set the value to > "1${...}" for this example so the null will show very clearly in the > output. > In the output, you see that the antrun execution gets the correct value of > "8080", but in the gwt plugin, "1${...}" gets converted to "1null". > > Can anyone tell me why it behaves this way? > > pom.xml: > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"; > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 > http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd";> > <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> > <groupId>foo</groupId> > <artifactId>bar</artifactId> > <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> > <packaging>war</packaging> > <build> > <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory> > <plugins> > <plugin> > <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> > <version>2.0.2</version> > <configuration> > <excludes> > <exclude>**/*.java</exclude> > </excludes> > </configuration> > </plugin> > <plugin> > <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> > <artifactId>properties-maven-plugin</artifactId> > <version>1.0-alpha-2</version> > <executions> > <execution> > <phase>initialize</phase> > <goals> > <goal>read-project-properties</goal> > </goals> > <configuration> > <files> > <file>build.properties</file> > </files> > </configuration> > </execution> > </executions> > </plugin> > <plugin> > <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId> > <version>1.3</version> > <executions> > <execution> > <phase>compile</phase> > <goals> > <goal>run</goal> > </goals> > <configuration> > <tasks> > <echo message="This should be just before > the gwt:run."/> > <echo message="The tomcat.httpPort property > is now: ${tomcat.httpPort}"/> > </tasks> > </configuration> > </execution> > </executions> > </plugin> > <plugin> > <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> > <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId> > <version>1.1</version> > <executions> > <execution> > <goals> > <goal>compile</goal> > </goals> > </execution> > </executions> > <configuration> > <runTarget>foo</runTarget> > <port>1${tomcat.httpPort}</port> > </configuration> > </plugin> > </plugins> > </build> > </project> > > > > build.properties: > $ cat build.properties > tomcat.httpPort=8080 > > > > output: > $ mvn gwt:run > [INFO] Scanning for projects... > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Building Unnamed - foo:bar:war:1.0-SNAPSHOT > [INFO] task-segment: [gwt:run] > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Preparing gwt:run > [INFO] [properties:read-project-properties {execution: > read-ant-properties}] > [INFO] [resources:resources {execution: default-resources}] > [WARNING] Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered > resources, i.e. build is platform dependent! > [INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory > /home/ryan/dev/projects/radar.git/src/main/resources > [INFO] [compiler:compile {execution: default-compile}] > [INFO] Nothing to compile - all classes are up to date > [INFO] [antrun:run {execution: test}] > [INFO] Executing tasks > [echo] This should be just before the gwt:run. > [echo] The tomcat.httpPort property is now: 8080 > [INFO] Executed tasks > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [ERROR] BUILD ERROR > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Failed to configure plugin parameters for: > org.codehaus.mojo:gwt-maven-plugin:1.1 > > > > Cause: Not a number: '1null' > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Total time: 2 seconds > [INFO] Finished at: Tue Jan 19 08:33:21 CST 2010 > [INFO] Final Memory: 25M/285M > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Property-loaded-by-plugin-not-available-to-gwt%3Arun-tp27227122p27227122.html > Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
