To clarify about the download part, assume that there is no current
installation of GlassFish on the computer. Even if there is, it will
not be used. Maven will download my project dependencies and GlassFish
V3, compile and build my artifcats, start an embedded instance of
GlassFish, deploy my artifacts into GlassFish, and if possible, open a
web browser to a URL configured in the pom.xml such as
http://localhost:8080/demoapp. All the user has to do is checkout my
source code from a repository, and run:
$ mvn -P demo
Ryan de Laplante wrote:
> I think that I would want embedded GlassFish to stay running after
> Maven exits. When I want to shut down embedded GlassFish I would run
> a second Maven command. That is not too important to me. As long as
> I can run a Maven command to start the demo, I am happy. If GlassFish
> runs as part of the Maven process and completes the Maven process when
> it shuts down (how to trigger this?), then that is fine too.
>
> I recently saw something similar to this done with Ant, Jetty, and
> Hypersonic DBMS. The project was the open source AtLeap CMS. I
> downloaded the project and unzipped it into a folder. All of the
> files and dependencies were already present under the directory tree
> because it is Ant based. I executed bin/start-demo and within
> seconds a web browser opened and I was able to use the software.
> bin/stop-demo shut everything down. Just now I realized that those
> are not Ant targets. The point is that I was able to try the software
> within seconds of downloading it and without having to reading more
> than a paragraph of the Quick Start Guide.
>
> In the Maven world, you don't bundle your dependencies with the
> project because Maven downloads them for you. I would want a Maven
> plugin to start/stop GlassFish, not a shell script at the command
> prompt. This way I could add embedded GlassFish as a dependency in a
> demo profile, and configure the embedded GlassFish Maven plugin. The
> demo profile could even be configured to start GlassFish by default,
> and open a web browser to some URL.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Ryan
>
>
> Sahoo wrote:
>> So, what is the life of the glassfish server in this case? I assume
>> it is tied to the maven process in which case when the maven command
>> exit? Do you want maven to download glassfish as well or you want to
>> configure glassfish as a system dependency in pom.xml?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sahoo
>>
>> Ryan de Laplante wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Will I be able to add a dependency line in a maven web project for
>>> GlassFish v3, and configure a plugin that enables people to start
>>> glassfish and run my application like they can do with Jetty today?
>>> I want someone to be able to check out my project from subversion
>>> and run a single command to download dependencies, compile, package,
>>> and deploy into an embedded GlassFish v3, and open a web browser
>>> pointed to my app.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ryan