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| Rapid Testing Using the Jetty Plugin |
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| Pete Marvin King |
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| 2008-08-03 |
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| Rapid Testing Using the Jetty Plugin |
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| Normally, testing a web application involves compiling Java sources, creating a WAR and |
| deploying it to a web container. |
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| Using the Jetty Plugin enables you to quickly test your web application by skipping |
| the last two steps. By default the Jetty Plugin scans <<<target/classes>>> for |
| any changes in your Java sources and <<<src/main/webapp>>> for changes to your web sources. |
| The Jetty Plugin will automatically reload the modified classes and web sources. |
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| To use the Jetty Plugin just add the following in your <<<pom.xml>>>: |
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| +-----------------+ |
| <project> |
| ... |
| <build> |
| <plugins> |
| <plugin> |
| <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId> |
| <artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId> |
| <version>6.1.10</version> |
| <configuration> |
| <scanIntervalSeconds>10</scanIntervalSeconds> |
| <connectors> |
| <connector implementation="org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector"> |
| <port>8080</port> |
| <maxIdleTime>60000</maxIdleTime> |
| </connector> |
| </connectors> |
| </configuration> |
| </plugin> |
| ... |
| </plugins> |
| </build> |
| ... |
| </project> |
| +-----------------+ |
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| Then start Jetty: |
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| mvn jetty:run |
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| The command will block with Jetty listening on port 8080. |
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| Check the {{{http://docs.codehaus.org/display/JETTY/Maven+Jetty+Plugin}Jetty Plugin documentation}} for more details. |