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| Introduction |
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| Edwin Punzalan |
| Stephane Nicoll |
| Dennis Lundberg |
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| 2011-12-09 |
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| Maven EAR Plugin |
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| This plugin generates J2EE Enterprise Archive (EAR) file. It can also generate |
| the deployment descriptor file (e.g. application.xml). |
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| The EAR plugin supports the following artifacts: |
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| * ejb |
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| * war |
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| * jar |
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| * ejb-client |
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| * rar |
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| * ejb3 |
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| * par |
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| * sar |
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| * wsr |
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| * har |
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| * app-client |
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| For available configuration options for these artifacts, please see the |
| {{{./modules.html}modules configuration}}. |
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| For more information about the J2EE technology, please visit |
| {{http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2EE/Intro}}. |
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| * Goals Overview |
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| EAR Plugin has two goals: |
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| * {{{./ear-mojo.html}ear:ear}} generates J2EE Enterprise Archive (EAR) files. |
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| * {{{./generate-application-xml-mojo.html}ear:generate-application-xml}} |
| generates the deployment descriptor file(s). |
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| * Usage |
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| General instructions on how to use the EAR Plugin can be found on the {{{./usage.html}usage page}}. Some more |
| specific use cases are described in the examples given below. Further real-life examples are given in the plugin's |
| {{{./tests.html}test suite}}. Last but not least, users occasionally contribute additional examples, tips or errata to |
| the {{{http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/EAR+Plugin}plugin's wiki page}}. |
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| In case you still have questions regarding the plugin's usage, please have a look at the {{{./faq.html}FAQ}} and feel |
| free to contact the {{{./mail-lists.html}user mailing list}}. The posts to the mailing list are archived and could |
| already contain the answer to your question as part of an older thread. Hence, it is also worth browsing/searching |
| the {{{./mail-lists.html}mail archive}}. |
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| If you feel like the plugin is missing a feature or has a defect, you can fill a feature request or bug report in our |
| {{{./issue-tracking.html}issue tracker}}. When creating a new issue, please provide a comprehensive description of your |
| concern. Especially for fixing bugs it is crucial that the developers can reproduce your problem. For this reason, |
| entire debug logs, POMs or most preferably little demo projects attached to the issue are very much appreciated. |
| Of course, patches are welcome, too. Contributors can check out the project from our |
| {{{./source-repository.html}source repository}} and will find supplementary information in the |
| {{{http://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-helping.html}guide to helping with Maven}}. |
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| * Examples |
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| To provide you with better understanding on some usages of the EAR Plugin, |
| you can take a look into the following examples: |
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| * {{{./examples/filtering-sources.html}Filtering EAR Resources}} |
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| * {{{./examples/filtering-advanced.html}Advanced Filtering Techniques}} |
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| * {{{./examples/skinny-wars.html}Creating Skinny WARs}} |
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| * {{{./examples/customizing-a-module-filename.html}Customizing A Module |
| Filename}} |
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| * {{{./examples/customizing-context-root.html}Customizing The Context Root}} |
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| * {{{./examples/customizing-module-location.html}Customizing A Module Location}} |
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| * {{{./examples/customizing-module-uri.html}Customizing A Module URI}} |
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| * {{{./examples/excluding-a-module.html}Excluding A Module}} |
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| * {{{./examples/excluding-files-from-ear.html}Excluding Files From the EAR}} |
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| * {{{./examples/unpacking-a-module.html}Unpacking A Module}} |
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| * {{{./examples/including-a-third-party-library-in-application-xml.html} |
| Including A Third Party Library In application.xml}} |
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| * {{{./examples/specifying-security-roles-for-the-generated-application-xml.html} |
| Specifying Security Roles For The Generated application.xml}} |
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| * {{{./examples/specifying-env-entries-for-the-generated-application-xml.html} |
| Specifying Environment Entries For The Generated application.xml}} |
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| * {{{./examples/generating-jboss-app.html} Generating the jboss-app.xml file}} |
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| * {{{./examples/generating-modules-id.html} Generating modules id}} |
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| * {{{./examples/using-app-client.html} Using JavaEE application clients}} |
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