I have a maven multi-module project. One of this modules (compiled as .jar
) contains only domain objects, which will be used at client and server sides (I add this .jar
as dependency to other my modules).
I know that GWT module, where will be used objects from shared .jar
, must also have source files for successful compilation. So I tried to add to my pom.xml
both:
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/java/<path></directory>
<includes>
<include>**/*.java</include>
<include>**/*.gwt.xml</include>
</includes>
</resource>
</resources>
and
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<versionRange>[${gwt.version}]</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>resources</goal>
</goals>
<plugin>
But resulting .jar
don't contain GWT module source (i.e gwt.xml
). All sources of domain classes are added as well (at root directory of .jar
), but ModuleName.gwt.xml
not.
Where is problem? Thanks.
If your .gwt.xml
file is in src/main/resources/
then it won't get copied if you specify src/main/java/
as the resource path...
You should probably omit the <resource>
section and let the GWT plugin include the source in the jar or at least have two sections, one for the .gwt.xml
file (src/main/resources
or where you put it) and one for the source code (as you have it now).
Cheers,
I was troubleshooting this error today so I'm just posting my fix:
Multi-module gwt project being build with the maven gwt plugin needs an entry in the pom.xml like:
<modules>
<module>../theothermodule</module>
</modules>
In order to compile.
This error have multiple explanations. Check list:
- if you are referencing a gwt module you need to point to the
*.gwt.xml
file in dot notation without the file extension. E.g. com.example.ThirdParty
refers to com/example/ThirdParty.gwt.xml
module
- to import the 3rd party module, add
<inherits name="com.example.ThirdParty" />
to your *.gwt.xml
file
- the
ThirdParty.gwt.xml
should contain one or more source
elements pointing to translatable code. E.g. <source path='shared' />
.
- all translatable code in
ThirdParty.jar
needs to include plaintext *.java
sources. E.g. com/example/shared/Widget.class
and com/example/shared/Widget.java
are both present
- the
ThirdParty.jar
is on your classpath
Notes:
- if the
ThirdParty
gwt module does not have entry point it does not need to be compiled with gwt compiler
- the gwt compiler does not require extra configuration to include the
ThirdParty
module as long as its jar is on classpath and your *.gwt.xml
inherits ThirdParty.gwt.xml
; the same applies to the gwt maven plugin