Re: woproject-maven-plugin Next Steps

From: Henrique Prange (hprang..mail.com)
Date: Fri Dec 15 2006 - 12:12:24 EST

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    Hi Ulrich,

    Yes, of course. How can I have forgotten this? Thanks, now WebObjects
    applications are working only with Maven library.

    Now I have some problems with Wonder, but I'll write to the other list.

    Cheers,

    Henrique

    Ulrich Köster wrote:
    >>>> <main> Unable to initialize WOProperties for reason: Cannot find
    >>>> JavaWebObjects framework ! java.lang.NullPointerException
    >>>>
    >>>> <main> A fatal exception occurred: null: <WOApplication>: Cannot be
    >>>> initialized.
    >>>>
    >>>> <main> com.webobjects.foundation.NSForwardException for
    >>>> java.lang.NullPointerException
    >>>> at
    >>>> com.webobjects.appserver._private.WOProperties.initUserDefaultsKeys(WOProperties.java:180)
    >>>>
    >>>> at
    >>>> com.webobjects.appserver.WOApplication._initWOApp(WOApplication.java:5051)
    >>>>
    >
    >
    > To resolve the problem move your userhome to a path without spaces.
    >
    > Uli
    >
    > Am 31.10.2006 um 13:29 schrieb Henrique Prange:
    >
    >> Hi Ulrich,
    >>
    >> I understand. But will be a problem if I try to solve this other
    >> issues I have already mentioned?
    >>
    >> Cheers,
    >>
    >> Henrique
    >>
    >> Ulrich Köster wrote:
    >>> Moin Henrique,
    >>> just did a fast port of the old stuff. For me it's okay if a woapp
    >>> does not match the maven name conventions. We should target maven as
    >>> our tool for deployment releases not for daily work.
    >>> Uli
    >>> Am 20.10.2006 um 22:05 schrieb Henrique Prange:
    >>>> Hi Andrus, Ulrich and others,
    >>>>
    >>>> Sorry for the long time to answer back.
    >>>>
    >>>> I put a short documentation about maven-archetype-woapplication and
    >>>> maven-woproject-plugin on Confluence.
    >>>>
    >>>> As I have seen, we could port woproject maven 1 plug-in to maven 2
    >>>> using Ant Plug-ins for Maven 2 [1]. But before continuing with the
    >>>> maven-woproject-plugin development, we must be able to run and
    >>>> develop an application based on Maven 2 using WOLips. So, I created
    >>>> a new project using maven-archetype-woapplication, import it into
    >>>> Eclipse and add the WebObjects project capabilities.
    >>>>
    >>>> I have found some problems:
    >>>>
    >>>> 1) Maven projects naming convention breaks NSProjectSearchPath:
    >>>> Using a project named my-app (that contains a dash), for example,
    >>>> breaks NSProjectSearchPath and the rapid turnaround is disabled.
    >>>>
    >>>> 2) When I try to run a WebObjects application using WOLips this
    >>>> exception is thrown (the java-webobjects.jar is in the classpath as
    >>>> a Maven dependency):
    >>>>
    >>>> <main> Unable to initialize WOProperties for reason: Cannot find
    >>>> JavaWebObjects framework ! java.lang.NullPointerException
    >>>>
    >>>> <main> A fatal exception occurred: null: <WOApplication>: Cannot be
    >>>> initialized.
    >>>>
    >>>> <main> com.webobjects.foundation.NSForwardException for
    >>>> java.lang.NullPointerException
    >>>> at
    >>>> com.webobjects.appserver._private.WOProperties.initUserDefaultsKeys(WOProperties.java:180)
    >>>>
    >>>> at
    >>>> com.webobjects.appserver.WOApplication._initWOApp(WOApplication.java:5051)
    >>>>
    >>>> at
    >>>> com.webobjects.appserver.WOApplication.<init>(WOApplication.java:551)
    >>>> at my.group.Application.<init>(Application.java:12)
    >>>> at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native
    >>>> Method)
    >>>> at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown
    >>>> Source)
    >>>> at
    >>>> sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown
    >>>> Source)
    >>>> at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    >>>> at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
    >>>> at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    >>>> at
    >>>> com.webobjects.appserver.WOApplication.main(WOApplication.java:323)
    >>>> at my.group.Application.main(Application.java:9)
    >>>>
    >>>> If I try to run the application outside the IDE (from command line),
    >>>> with the classpath files pointing to WebObjects jars into maven
    >>>> repository, it works.
    >>>>
    >>>> Some questions:
    >>>>
    >>>> 3) The my-app.woa bundle can be created inside "target" folder,
    >>>> instead of build or dist?
    >>>>
    >>>> 4) Some time ago I asked on WebObjects list if someone knows the
    >>>> transitive dependencies for each WebObjects jar. Chuck Hill answered
    >>>> me [2] saying that only WebObjects development team has this kind of
    >>>> information. Maybe you know someone who knows someone at WebObjects
    >>>> team that can give us this kind of information. If not, I’ll gather
    >>>> this information by hand.
    >>>>
    >>>> [1]http://maven.apache.org/guides/plugin/guide-ant-plugin-development.html
    >>>>
    >>>> [2]http://lists.apple.com/archives/webobjects-dev/2006/Sep/msg00467.html
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>> Cheers,
    >>>>
    >>>> Henrique
    >>>>
    >>>> --\o/ Henrique Prange, Moleque de Idéias Educação e Tecnologia Ltda
    >>>> | Phone: 55-21-2710-0178 E-mail: hprang..oleque.com.br
    >>>> / \ http://www.moleque.com.br
    >>
    >> --
    >> \o/ Henrique Prange, Moleque de Idéias Educação e Tecnologia Ltda
    >> | Phone: 55-21-2710-0178 E-mail: hprang..oleque.com.br
    >> / \ http://www.moleque.com.br
    >
    > 

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