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gwt:run

Full name:

org.codehaus.mojo:gwt-maven-plugin:2.8.2-SNAPSHOT:run

Description:

Runs the project in the GWT (Classic or Super) Dev Mode for development.

Attributes:

  • Requires a Maven project to be executed.
  • Executes by direct invocation only.
  • Requires dependency resolution of artifacts in scope: test.
  • Invokes the execution of the lifecycle phase process-classes prior to executing itself.
  • Invokes the execution of this plugin's goal war:exploded prior to executing itself.

Required Parameters

Name Type Since Description
generateDirectory File - Folder where generated-source will be created (automatically added to compile classpath).
Default value is: ${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/gwt.
runTarget String - URL that should be automatically opened in the GWT shell. For example com.myapp.gwt.Module/Module.html.

When the host page is outside the module "public" folder (for example, at webapp root), the module MUST be specified (using a single <module> in configuration or by setting -Dgwt.module=..) and the runTarget parameter can only contain the host page URI.

When the GWT module host page is part of the module "public" folder, the runTarget MAY define the full GWT module path (com.myapp.gwt.Module/Module.html) that will be automatically converted according to the rename-to directive into renamed/Module.html.


User property is: runTarget.
webXml File - Source web.xml deployment descriptor that is used for GWT shell and for deployment WAR to "merge" servlet entries.
Default value is: ${basedir}/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml.

Optional Parameters

Name Type Since Description
appEngineArtifactId String 2.1.0-1 groupId to download appengine sdk from maven repo
Default value is: appengine-java-sdk.
User property is: gwt.appEngineArtifactId.
appEngineGroupId String 2.1.0-1 groupId to download appengine sdk from maven repo
Default value is: com.google.appengine.
User property is: gwt.appEngineGroupId.
appEngineHome File 2.1.0-1

Location to find appengine sdk or to unzip downloaded one see appEngineVersion


Default value is: ${project.build.directory}/appengine-sdk/.
User property is: gwt.appEngineHome.
appEngineVersion String 2.1.0-1 set the appengine sdk to use

Artifact will be downloaded with groupId : appEngineGroupId and artifactId appEngineArtifactId


Default value is: 1.3.8.
User property is: gwt.appEngineVersion.
bindAddress String 2.1.0-1 Set GWT shell bindAddress.

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.bindAddress=...'


User property is: gwt.bindAddress.
cacheGeneratorResults boolean 2.6.0-rc1 EXPERIMENTAL: Cache results of generators with stable output.
Default value is: true.
User property is: gwt.cacheGeneratorResults.
codeServerPort int - Runs the code server on the specified port.
Default value is: 9997.
User property is: gwt.codeServerPort.
compileSourcesArtifacts String[] - Deprecated. add a <classifier>sources</classifier> dependency instead
copyWebapp boolean 2.1.0-1 Copies the contents of warSourceDirectory to hostedWebapp.

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.copyWebapp=...'


Default value is: false.
User property is: gwt.copyWebapp.
deploy File 2.3.0-1 The directory into which deployable but not servable output files will be written (defaults to 'WEB-INF/deploy' under the webappDirectory directory/jar, and may be the same as the extra directory/jar)
executedProject MavenProject - The MavenProject executed by the "compile" phase
Default value is: ${executedProject}.
extraJvmArgs String - Extra JVM arguments that are passed to the GWT-Maven generated scripts (for compiler, shell, etc - typically use -Xmx512m here, or -XstartOnFirstThread, etc).

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.extraJvmArgs=...', defaults to setting max Heap size to be large enough for most GWT use cases.


Default value is: -Xmx512m.
User property is: gwt.extraJvmArgs.
gen File - Location on filesystem where GWT will write generated content for review (-gen option to GWT Compiler).

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.gen=...'


Default value is: ${project.build.directory}/.generated.
User property is: gwt.gen.
genParam boolean 2.5.0-rc1 Whether to add -gen parameter to the compiler command line

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.genParam=false'. Defaults to 'true' for backwards compatibility.


Default value is: true.
User property is: gwt.genParam.
generateJsInteropExports boolean 2.8.0-rc1 Generate exports for JsInterop purposes.
Default value is: false.
User property is: gwt.compiler.generateJsInteropExports.
gwtSdkFirstInClasspath boolean 2.1.0-1 Deprecated. tweak your dependencies and/or split your project with a client-only module
Default value is: false.
User property is: gwt.gwtSdkFirstInClasspath.
hostedWebapp File - Location of the hosted-mode web application structure.
Default value is: ${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.
incremental boolean 2.7.0-rc1 Compiles faster by reusing data from the previous compile.
Default value is: true.
User property is: gwt.compiler.incremental.
inplace boolean - Select the place where GWT application is built. In inplace mode, the warSourceDirectory is used to match the same use case of the war:inplace http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-war-plugin/inplace-mojo.html goal.
Default value is: false.
User property is: gwt.inplace.
jvm String 1.1 Option to specify the jvm (or path to the java executable) to use with the forking scripts. For the default, the jvm will be the same as the one used to run Maven.
User property is: gwt.jvm.
logDir File 2.6.0-rc1 Logs to a file in the given directory, as well as graphically
logLevel String - GWT logging level (-logLevel ERROR, WARN, INFO, TRACE, DEBUG, SPAM, or ALL).

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.logLevel=...'


Default value is: INFO.
User property is: gwt.logLevel.
methodNameDisplayMode String 2.7.0-rc1 EXPERIMENTAL: Emit extra information allow chrome dev tools to display Java identifiers in many places instead of JavaScript functions.

Value can be one of NONE, ONLY_METHOD_NAME, ABBREVIATED or FULL.


Default value is: NONE.
User property is: gwt.compiler.methodNameDisplayMode.
module String - A single GWT module. Shortcut for <modules> or option to specify a single module from command line
User property is: gwt.module.
modulePathPrefix String - Prefix to prepend to module names inside webappDirectory or in URLs in DevMode.

Could also be seen as a suffix to webappDirectory.


User property is: gwt.modulePathPrefix.
modules String[] - The project GWT modules. If not set, the plugin will scan the project for .gwt.xml files.
noServer boolean - Prevents the embedded GWT Tomcat server from running (even if a port is specified).

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.noserver=...'


Default value is: false.
User property is: gwt.noserver.
persistentunitcache Boolean 2.5.0-rc1 Whether to use the persistent unit cache or not.

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.persistentunitcache=...'


User property is: gwt.persistentunitcache.
persistentunitcachedir File 2.5.0-rc1 The directory where the persistent unit cache will be created if enabled.

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.persistentunitcachedir=...'


User property is: gwt.persistentunitcachedir.
port int - Runs the embedded GWT server on the specified port.
Default value is: 8888.
User property is: gwt.port.
runClasspathExcludes List 2.1.0-1

List of Pattern jars to exclude from the classPath when running dev mode


runTimeOut int - Forked process execution timeOut (in seconds). Primary used for integration-testing.
server String - Specifies a different embedded web server to run (must implement ServletContainerLauncher)
User property is: gwt.server.
sourceLevel String 2.6.0-rc1 Specifies Java source level.

The default value depends on the JVM used to launch Maven.


Default value is: auto.
User property is: maven.compiler.source.
style String - GWT JavaScript compiler output style (-style OBF[USCATED], PRETTY, or DETAILED).

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.style=...'


User property is: gwt.style.
superDevMode boolean 2.7.0-rc1 Runs Super Dev Mode instead of classic Development Mode.
Default value is: true.
User property is: gwt.superDevMode.
systemProperties Map 1.2 List of System properties to pass when running the hosted mode.
timeOut int - Forked process execution timeOut. Usefull to avoid maven to hang in continuous integration server.
warSourceDirectory File - Location of the web application static resources (same as maven-war-plugin parameter)
Default value is: ${basedir}/src/main/webapp.
webXmlServletPathAsIs boolean - Specifies whether or not to add the module name as a prefix to the servlet path when merging web.xml. If you set this to false the exact path from the GWT module will be used, nothing else will be prepended.
Default value is: false.
webappDirectory File - Location on filesystem where GWT will write output files (-out option to GWTCompiler).
Default value is: ${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.
User property is: gwt.war.
workDir File 2.6.0-rc1 The compiler's working directory for internal use (must be writeable; defaults to a system temp dir)

Parameter Details

appEngineArtifactId:

groupId to download appengine sdk from maven repo
  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Since: 2.1.0-1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.appEngineArtifactId
  • Default: appengine-java-sdk

appEngineGroupId:

groupId to download appengine sdk from maven repo
  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Since: 2.1.0-1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.appEngineGroupId
  • Default: com.google.appengine

appEngineHome:

Location to find appengine sdk or to unzip downloaded one see appEngineVersion

  • Type: java.io.File
  • Since: 2.1.0-1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.appEngineHome
  • Default: ${project.build.directory}/appengine-sdk/

appEngineVersion:

set the appengine sdk to use

Artifact will be downloaded with groupId : appEngineGroupId and artifactId appEngineArtifactId

  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Since: 2.1.0-1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.appEngineVersion
  • Default: 1.3.8

bindAddress:

Set GWT shell bindAddress.

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.bindAddress=...'

  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Since: 2.1.0-1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.bindAddress

cacheGeneratorResults:

EXPERIMENTAL: Cache results of generators with stable output.
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 2.6.0-rc1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.cacheGeneratorResults
  • Default: true

codeServerPort:

Runs the code server on the specified port.
  • Type: int
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.codeServerPort
  • Default: 9997

compileSourcesArtifacts:

Deprecated. add a <classifier>sources</classifier> dependency instead
Artifacts to be included as source-jars in GWTCompiler Classpath. Removes the restriction that source code must be bundled inside of the final JAR when dealing with external utility libraries not designed exclusivelly for GWT. The plugin will download the source.jar if necessary. This option is a workaround to avoid packaging sources inside the same JAR when splitting and application into modules. A smaller JAR can then be used on server classpath and distributed without sources (that may not be desirable).
  • Type: java.lang.String[]
  • Required: No

copyWebapp:

Copies the contents of warSourceDirectory to hostedWebapp.

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.copyWebapp=...'

  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 2.1.0-1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.copyWebapp
  • Default: false

deploy:

The directory into which deployable but not servable output files will be written (defaults to 'WEB-INF/deploy' under the webappDirectory directory/jar, and may be the same as the extra directory/jar)
  • Type: java.io.File
  • Since: 2.3.0-1
  • Required: No

executedProject:

The MavenProject executed by the "compile" phase
  • Type: org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject
  • Required: No
  • Default: ${executedProject}

extraJvmArgs:

Extra JVM arguments that are passed to the GWT-Maven generated scripts (for compiler, shell, etc - typically use -Xmx512m here, or -XstartOnFirstThread, etc).

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.extraJvmArgs=...', defaults to setting max Heap size to be large enough for most GWT use cases.

  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.extraJvmArgs
  • Default: -Xmx512m

gen:

Location on filesystem where GWT will write generated content for review (-gen option to GWT Compiler).

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.gen=...'

  • Type: java.io.File
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.gen
  • Default: ${project.build.directory}/.generated

genParam:

Whether to add -gen parameter to the compiler command line

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.genParam=false'. Defaults to 'true' for backwards compatibility.

  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 2.5.0-rc1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.genParam
  • Default: true

generateDirectory:

Folder where generated-source will be created (automatically added to compile classpath).
  • Type: java.io.File
  • Required: Yes
  • Default: ${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/gwt

generateJsInteropExports:

Generate exports for JsInterop purposes.
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 2.8.0-rc1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.compiler.generateJsInteropExports
  • Default: false

gwtSdkFirstInClasspath:

Deprecated. tweak your dependencies and/or split your project with a client-only module
The forked command line will use gwt sdk jars first in classpath. see issue http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=5290
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 2.1.0-1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.gwtSdkFirstInClasspath
  • Default: false

hostedWebapp:

Location of the hosted-mode web application structure.
  • Type: java.io.File
  • Required: No
  • Default: ${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}

incremental:

Compiles faster by reusing data from the previous compile.
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 2.7.0-rc1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.compiler.incremental
  • Default: true

inplace:

Select the place where GWT application is built. In inplace mode, the warSourceDirectory is used to match the same use case of the war:inplace http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-war-plugin/inplace-mojo.html goal.
  • Type: boolean
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.inplace
  • Default: false

jvm:

Option to specify the jvm (or path to the java executable) to use with the forking scripts. For the default, the jvm will be the same as the one used to run Maven.
  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Since: 1.1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.jvm

logDir:

Logs to a file in the given directory, as well as graphically
  • Type: java.io.File
  • Since: 2.6.0-rc1
  • Required: No

logLevel:

GWT logging level (-logLevel ERROR, WARN, INFO, TRACE, DEBUG, SPAM, or ALL).

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.logLevel=...'

  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.logLevel
  • Default: INFO

methodNameDisplayMode:

EXPERIMENTAL: Emit extra information allow chrome dev tools to display Java identifiers in many places instead of JavaScript functions.

Value can be one of NONE, ONLY_METHOD_NAME, ABBREVIATED or FULL.

  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Since: 2.7.0-rc1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.compiler.methodNameDisplayMode
  • Default: NONE

module:

A single GWT module. Shortcut for <modules> or option to specify a single module from command line
  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.module

modulePathPrefix:

Prefix to prepend to module names inside webappDirectory or in URLs in DevMode.

Could also be seen as a suffix to webappDirectory.

  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.modulePathPrefix

modules:

The project GWT modules. If not set, the plugin will scan the project for .gwt.xml files.
  • Type: java.lang.String[]
  • Required: No

noServer:

Prevents the embedded GWT Tomcat server from running (even if a port is specified).

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.noserver=...'

  • Type: boolean
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.noserver
  • Default: false

persistentunitcache:

Whether to use the persistent unit cache or not.

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.persistentunitcache=...'

  • Type: java.lang.Boolean
  • Since: 2.5.0-rc1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.persistentunitcache

persistentunitcachedir:

The directory where the persistent unit cache will be created if enabled.

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.persistentunitcachedir=...'

  • Type: java.io.File
  • Since: 2.5.0-rc1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.persistentunitcachedir

port:

Runs the embedded GWT server on the specified port.
  • Type: int
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.port
  • Default: 8888

runClasspathExcludes:

List of Pattern jars to exclude from the classPath when running dev mode

  • Type: java.util.List
  • Since: 2.1.0-1
  • Required: No

runTarget:

URL that should be automatically opened in the GWT shell. For example com.myapp.gwt.Module/Module.html.

When the host page is outside the module "public" folder (for example, at webapp root), the module MUST be specified (using a single <module> in configuration or by setting -Dgwt.module=..) and the runTarget parameter can only contain the host page URI.

When the GWT module host page is part of the module "public" folder, the runTarget MAY define the full GWT module path (com.myapp.gwt.Module/Module.html) that will be automatically converted according to the rename-to directive into renamed/Module.html.

  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Required: Yes
  • User Property: runTarget

runTimeOut:

Forked process execution timeOut (in seconds). Primary used for integration-testing.
  • Type: int
  • Required: No

server:

Specifies a different embedded web server to run (must implement ServletContainerLauncher)
  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.server

sourceLevel:

Specifies Java source level.

The default value depends on the JVM used to launch Maven.

  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Since: 2.6.0-rc1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: maven.compiler.source
  • Default: auto

style:

GWT JavaScript compiler output style (-style OBF[USCATED], PRETTY, or DETAILED).

Can be set from command line using '-Dgwt.style=...'

  • Type: java.lang.String
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.style

superDevMode:

Runs Super Dev Mode instead of classic Development Mode.
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 2.7.0-rc1
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.superDevMode
  • Default: true

systemProperties:

List of System properties to pass when running the hosted mode.
  • Type: java.util.Map
  • Since: 1.2
  • Required: No

timeOut:

Forked process execution timeOut. Usefull to avoid maven to hang in continuous integration server.
  • Type: int
  • Required: No

warSourceDirectory:

Location of the web application static resources (same as maven-war-plugin parameter)
  • Type: java.io.File
  • Required: No
  • Default: ${basedir}/src/main/webapp

webXml:

Source web.xml deployment descriptor that is used for GWT shell and for deployment WAR to "merge" servlet entries.
  • Type: java.io.File
  • Required: Yes
  • Default: ${basedir}/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml

webXmlServletPathAsIs:

Specifies whether or not to add the module name as a prefix to the servlet path when merging web.xml. If you set this to false the exact path from the GWT module will be used, nothing else will be prepended.
  • Type: boolean
  • Required: No
  • Default: false

webappDirectory:

Location on filesystem where GWT will write output files (-out option to GWTCompiler).
  • Type: java.io.File
  • Required: No
  • User Property: gwt.war
  • Default: ${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}

workDir:

The compiler's working directory for internal use (must be writeable; defaults to a system temp dir)
  • Type: java.io.File
  • Since: 2.6.0-rc1
  • Required: No