Maven and webstart project how to test using jetty?

Question

I have a Maven project and I have integrated the webstart-maven-plugin. The jnlp gets generated and I would like to test it by deploying it into to jetty but haven't found any jetty goals to achieve that. Is there an automated way to test the jnlp?

Answer 1

I have been using webstart-maven-plugin for a while until I realized it just fills a jnlp template and copies jar files.

Now, I'm using a static jnlp (stored in src/main/webapp/applet) and maven-dependency-plugin to copy the jar(s):

        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>applet-copy</id>
                    <phase>process-resources</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>copy</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <configuration>
                        <artifactItems>
                            <artifactItem>
                                <groupId>applet.group.id</groupId>
                                <artifactId>applet-artifact-id</artifactId>
                                <version>x.y.z</version>
                                <type>jar</type>
                                <destFileName>applet.jar</destFileName>
                            </artifactItem>
                        </artifactItems>
                        <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/web-resources/applet</outputDirectory>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>

It actually copies the applet into target/web-resources/applet. Then I just need to add this directory as web resource in the jetty-maven-plugin:

        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
            <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>8.1.9.v20130131</version>
            <configuration>
                <stopKey>STOP</stopKey>
                <stopPort>9999</stopPort>
                <scanIntervalSeconds>5</scanIntervalSeconds>
                <webAppConfig>
                    <contextPath>/${project.artifactId}</contextPath>
                    <resourceBases>
                        <resourceBase>${project.build.directory}/web-resources</resourceBase>
                    </resourceBases>
                </webAppConfig>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>

And add it into the war:

        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.2</version>
            <configuration>
                <webResources>
                    <resource>
                        <directory>${project.build.directory}/web-resources</directory>
                    </resource>
                </webResources>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>

Hope it helps.

By the way, you can find more information about jetty-maven-plugin configuration on this page.