I am trying to create a multi-module "skinny war" exploded EAR by using the "skinnyWars" option of the maven-ear-plugin. The problem I am having is that the EJB module dependencies of the WAR modules (there are 5) are being left in the WEB-INF/lib directory of the WAR modules as well as unpacked in the root of the EAR. This results in a deployment error.
The EAR module POM is as follows: <?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> <parent> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId> mycompany-app</artifactId> <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> </parent> <groupId>com.mycompany </groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-app-ear</artifactId> <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <packaging>ear</packaging> <name>mycompany App EAR Module</name> <dependencies> <!-- DRY skinny WAR Dependencies. Declare war module as type pom so that their dependencies will be included. --> <dependency> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-app-web</artifactId> <version>${project.version}</version> <type>pom</type> <scope>import</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-facade</artifactId> <version>${project.version}</version> <type>pom</type> <scope>import</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-business</artifactId> <version>${project.version}</version> <type>pom</type> <scope>import</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-dao</artifactId> <version>${project.version}</version> <type>pom</type> <scope>import</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-services</artifactId> <version>${project.version}</version> <type>pom</type> <scope>import</scope> </dependency> <!-- DRY skinny WAR Dependencies. Include the actual war modules as dependencies. --> <dependency> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-app-web</artifactId> <version>${project.version}</version> <type>war</type> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-app-facade</artifactId> <version>${project.version}</version> <type>war</type> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-app-business</artifactId> <version>${project.version}</version> <type>war</type> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-app-dao</artifactId> <version>${project.version}</version> <type>war</type> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-app-shared</artifactId> <version>${project.version}</version> <type>war</type> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-ear-plugin</artifactId> <version>${maven-ear-plugin.version}</version> <configuration> <version>6</version> <skinnyWars>true</skinnyWars> <defaultJavaBundleDir>lib</defaultJavaBundleDir> <generateApplicationXml>true</generateApplicationXml> <unpackTypes>rar,war,ejb</unpackTypes> <archive> <manifest> <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries> <addClasspath>true</addClasspath> </manifest> </archive> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName> </build> </project> An example of my war module pom is. I have omitted 3rd party dependencies for brevity: <?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> <parent> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-app</artifactId> <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> </parent> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-app-web</artifactId> <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <packaging>war</packaging> <name>mycompany App Web Module</name> <dependencies> <!-- 3rd party dependencies omitted --> <!-- Project dependencies --> <dependency> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-shared-common</artifactId> <version>${project.version}</version> <type>jar</type> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-shared-test</artifactId> <version>${project.version}</version> <type>jar</type> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <version>${project.version}</version> <artifactId>mycompany-shared-dom-dto</artifactId> <type>jar</type> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-shared-dom-entity</artifactId> <version>${project.version}</version> <type>jar</type> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-shared-utilities</artifactId> <version>${project.version}</version> <type>jar</type> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId> <artifactId>mycompany-shared-services</artifactId> <version>${project.version}</version> <type>ejb</type> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml> <webResources> <webResource> <directory>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF</directory> <includes> <include>web.xml</include> </includes> <targetPath>WEB-INF</targetPath> <filtering>true</filtering> <webResource> <directory>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/shared/shared</directory> <includes> <include>commonLayout.xhtml</include> </includes> <targetPath>shared/shared</targetPath> <filtering>true</filtering> </webResource> </webResources> <archive> <manifest> <addClasspath>true</addClasspath> <classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix> <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries> </manifest> </archive> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName> </build> </project> When building the skinnyWars EAR, the JAR modules are being packaged in the LIB/ directory as expected. The EJB module, mycompany-shared-services.jar, is unpacked at the root of the EAR module AND also packaged in the mycompany-app-web.war/WEB-INF/lib directory. Consequently, I cannot deploy the EAR. I have also confirmed that this same situation happens when I remove the "unpackTypes" option and build a compressed EAR. I am using Maven 3.0.4 on Mac OSX 10.7.3. maven-ear-plugin ver. 2.7 maven-war-plugin ver. 2.1.1 maven-ejb-plugin ver. 2.3 Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, SChun
