What about warSourceExcludes[1]? Don't make the m-war-plugin responsible for copying these files but the yuicompressor.
-Robert [1] http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-war-plugin/war-mojo.html#warSourceExcludes > Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 08:44:28 -0500 > Subject: Re: YUI Compressor Maven plugin executed at wrong time and tomcat > plugin not using yui-compressor output > From: ken.egerv...@gmail.com > To: users@maven.apache.org > > Yes, I've been playing around with getting the development/production part > working, and I think I've got it. > > I am still having problems getting the yuicompressor:compress goal to be > called at the right time. The problem is that the war:war goal has a bunch > of actions backed into it, and I don't know a way to wire into it and call > the yuicompressor:compress goal just after it copies the webResources > directory. If I can solve that, I think I am golden. But I don't know if > that can be done. > > Ken > > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 4:02 AM, Stephen Connolly < > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > this is a perfect use case for profiles. > > > > in the release profile you use yui-compress to copy them into the war > > > > in a development profile you add warResources to construct the war from the > > direct sources.... > > > > that (assuming the tomcat maven plugin is written right... jetty can do > > this for sure) will give development with live editing, and just -Prelease > > to get the compressed version > > > > - Stephen > > > > --- > > Sent from my Android phone, so random spelling mistakes, random nonsense > > words and other nonsense are a direct result of using swype to type on the > > screen > > On 4 Dec 2011 01:52, "Ken Egervari" <ken.egerv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I think I should just give up on this problem because I don't think Maven > > > has the ability to solve it, and if it does, I have no idea where to look > > > for a solution and its clear nobody else writing java web applications > > > knows how to solve this problem :/ > > > > > > I guess I am stuck with manually including each main file on each page > > > where it is used, or coding everything in an all.js manually :/ > > > > > > Even if I can get Maven to properly call the YUI:compress goal at the > > right > > > time, I still have maintain two lists of css and javascript files for my > > > application - one for the aggregations, and one for my freemarker > > template > > > that switches between using all the individual source files for > > > development, or using the all.css/all.js for production. > > > > > > I genuinely don't see a nice solution to do what the Rails people have > > > conveniently got in place. I am totally flustered that the Maven/Spring > > > combo has no good for answer to this problem :( > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Ken Egervari <ken.egerv...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I think the problem is that there is no phase I can merge into just > > after > > > > it prepares the war directory - at least not from where I can see in > > the > > > > life-cycle documentation. What is the phase name? Is it not any of the > > > > package or pre-package phases - it is still too early or too late. > > > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 5:16 AM, Jeff MAURY <jeffma...@jeffmaury.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > >> By default, the compress goal of the YUI maven plugin is bound to the > > > >> process-resources phase. > > > >> So, you need to bind it to another phase after the war plugin has > > > produced > > > >> the war directory structure the Tomcat plugin will use. > > > >> I recommand you also customize the outputDirectory parameter of the > > YUI > > > >> maven plugin because the default value does not comply with the > > standard > > > >> Maven War directory layout. > > > >> > > > >> Regards > > > >> Jeff MAURY > > > >> > > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > >> From: fe.character.guide <fe.character.gu...@gmail.com> > > > >> Date: Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:17 AM > > > >> Subject: YUI Compressor Maven plugin executed at wrong time and tomcat > > > >> plugin not using yui-compressor output > > > >> To: users@maven.apache.org > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Hello everyone! > > > >> > > > >> I'm trying to get some basic maven build processes configured > > correctly > > > >> with my Java project, and beyond Stackoverflow, I'm not sure > > > >> where else to turn. > > > >> > > > >> I'd like to compress all of my javascript files and aggregate them > > using > > > >> YUICompressor, and I saw that there was a maven plugin to allow me to > > do > > > >> this. I got it working for the most part. > > > >> > > > >> I am also using the Mojo tomcat plugin as well. When i go to run the > > > >> tomcat:run goal, tomcat does not read from the target's output > > > >> directory (this is where the YUI compressor put my javascript files) - > > > but > > > >> rather, it reads from the actual source files in my "src/main/ > > > >> webapp/scripts" directory. Of course, the aggregated javascript file > > > >> (all.js) is not there. This makes sense, but is a big problem for me. > > > >> > > > >> I have a few questions. > > > >> > > > >> 1. How can I get the tomcat plugin to read the target's output folder > > > that > > > >> the yui compressor plugin created? > > > >> > > > >> 2. Do I have to run the yui compressor maven goal every time I want to > > > >> update my javascript files during development while my tomcat instance > > > is > > > >> running? > > > >> > > > >> 3. How can tell Maven that I want to run the YUI compressor AFTER > > Maven > > > >> copies over the `src/main/webapp` directory? Currently, Maven runs the > > > YUI > > > >> compressor, but then overwrites all of the compressed css and > > javascript > > > >> files with the original source files, defeating the purposes of > > > >> compressing > > > >> them ;) > > > >> > > > >> 4. Is there a better way to achieve my objective rather than using the > > > YUI > > > >> compressor? Essentially, my end goal is to be able to develop > > JavaScript > > > >> code in separate files and test my source files in development mode > > > >> without > > > >> having to aggregate them... but I want to compress and aggregate the > > > files > > > >> and use the `all.js` script when the application is running in > > > production > > > >> mode. > > > >> > > > >> While the Rails people have certainly figured this out, this seems to > > > be a > > > >> non-trivial thing to do with Maven and Spring. > > > >> I would appreciate any and all assistance on how I can get this > > running > > > >> correctly. Thanks! > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> "Legacy code" often differs from its suggested alternative by actually > > > >> working and scaling. > > > >> - Bjarne Stroustrup > > > >> > > > >> http://www.jeffmaury.com > > > >> http://riadiscuss.jeffmaury.com > > > >> http://www.twitter.com/jeffmaury > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
