Plugin Documentation

This report describes goals, parameters details, requirements and sample usage of this plugin.

Goals

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal	Description
gwt:add-super-sources	Add super-source directory to project resources. The super-source directory contains emulated classes for GWT. Super-sources in GWT need to be in a subdirectory of the GWT module, and you can automatically relocate the super-source content within a `super` subfolder.
gwt:add-test-super-sources	Add super-source directory to project test resources. The super-source directory contains emulated classes for GWT. Super-sources in GWT need to be in a subdirectory of the GWT module, and you can automatically relocate the super-source content within a `super` subfolder.
gwt:codeserver	Runs GWT's CodeServer (SuperDevMode).
gwt:compile	Invokes the GWT Compiler on the project's sources and resources.
gwt:devmode	Runs GWT's DevMode.
gwt:enforce-encoding	Enforces that the source encoding is UTF-8.
gwt:generate-module	Generates a GWT module definition from Maven dependencies, or merge `<inherits/>` with a module template. When no module template exist, the behavior is identical to using an empty file. `META-INF/gwt/mainModule` files from the project dependencies (not transitive) are used to generate `<inherits/>` directives. Those directives are inserted at the very beginning of the generated module (notably, they'll appear before any existing `<inherits/>` directive in the module template). If `moduleShortName` is specified (and not empty), it overwrites any existing `rename-to` from the module template. Unless the module template contains a source folder (either `<source/>` or `<super-source/>`, those three lines will be inserted at the very end of the generated module (this is to keep any `includes` or `excludes` or specific `path` from the module template): `<source path="client"/> <source path="shared"/> <super-source path="super"/>`
gwt:generate-module-metadata	Generates the `META-INF/gwt/mainModule` file used by `gwt:generate-module` in downstream projects.
gwt:help	Display help information on gwt-maven-plugin. Call `mvn gwt:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name>` to display parameter details.
gwt:package-app	Package the compiled GWT application into a WAR-like archive.
gwt:package-lib	Package the compiled GWT library into a JAR archive.
gwt:test	Runs the project's tests with the specific setup needed for `GWTTestCase` tests. Please note that some documentation is inherited from Surefire and cannot be changed, so versions (mainly) and other bits of documentation might be wrong or irrelevant.

System Requirements

The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:

Maven	3.3.1
JDK	1.8

System Requirements History

The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin for historical versions:

Plugin Version	Maven	JDK
from 1.1.0 to 1.2.0	3.3.1	8
from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1	3.3.1	7
from 1.0-rc-9 to 1.0-rc-10	3.0	7
from 1.0-rc-1 to 1.0-rc-8	3	7
from 1.0-beta-1 to 1.0-beta-2	-	7
from 1.0-alpha-1 to 1.0-alpha-3	-	6

Usage

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM -->
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>net.ltgt.gwt.maven</groupId>
          <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>1.2.0</version>
          <extensions>true</extensions>
        </plugin>
        ...
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>net.ltgt.gwt.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"