how to dynamic web project with maven 3

     Platform:

• windows 7- 64 bit
• java version "1.7.0_40"
• apache-maven 3.1.0
• eclipse Kepler 4.3.1
• m2e - Maven Integration for Eclipse-      http://www.eclipse.org/m2e/download/
• artifactory-3.0.3
• tomcat7-maven-plugin
• jetty-maven-plugin
• with parent pom

In this tutorial I want to create maven-compatible eclipse dynamic web project with parent pom.

I have artifactory-3.0.3 as maven repository server running for caching artifacts.

Instead of setting up tomcat or other containers I choose  jetty-maven-plugin and tomcat7-maven-plugin.

I can't get project running on jetty embedded as I guess it might be related to windows path file problem.

create new dynamic web project

give a name and next

delete 'src' folder and create new folders as above and
change default  output folder as well

change content directory as above and tick to generate web.xml deployment descriptor
click finish

This is how it looks like after you click finish button.
It is still not maven project.

This is M2 eclipse plugin feature.Just right click on the project
Configure-Convert to Maven Project

Normally I deselect of all them as I don't need and click to finish.
This will create your pom file and maven project
 I am not sure but this must be part of M2 eclipse plugin feature
Maybe you can explain why this comes up or whether I need it or not.

Now it is maven project.

Right click on "webapp" directory then
New-Other

This is the contents of web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="3.0"> <display-name>webapp5</display-name> <welcome-file-list> <!-- <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file> <welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file> <welcome-file>default.html</welcome-file> <welcome-file>default.htm</welcome-file> <welcome-file>default.jsp</welcome-file> --> <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> </web-app>

This is the contents of pom.xml
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> <modelversion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupid>com.mytutos.maven.examples</groupId> <artifactid>webapp5</artifactId> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <packaging>war</packaging> <name>webapp5</name> <description>maven-compatible dynamic web project</description> <!-- this is a reference to parent pom --> <parent> <groupid>com.mytutos.maven</groupId> <artifactid>simple-parent</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> </parent> </project>

As you are aware I use parent-pom file for my projects.There's another how-to about this parent-pom file here.

To run project on tomcat you need to create run configuration for tomcat maven plugin.
When you right click on pom.xml there are two "maven build" menu.
However the one ending with "..' is for the first time configuration.
After you create tomcat:run configuration you can use the one without "..' directly.
If you create more than one eclipse lists all run configurations.
At the bottom there's run configurations menu.

Here are the configurations for tomcat and jetty maven plugins.

works
http://localhost:8080/

don't work
http://localhost:8080/test1/index.jsp
http://localhost:8080/test1

Click to run tomcat:run window

You can start web browser that the arrow shows above.
Just the copy url painted in blue on the console.
You can stop embedded tomcat with the red open the arrow shows below

When I try to run with jetty maven plugin it fails.I even try with given whole url including index.jsp
Here is the error message on console.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> [INFO] Started Jetty Server Oct 17, 2013 9:56:31 PM org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet serviceJspFile Grave: PWC6117: File "C%3A%5CUsers%5Cyeniceri%5Cworkspace%5Cwebapp5%5Csrc%5Cmain%5Cwebapp%5Cwebapp5%5Cindex.jsp" not found Please feel free to make suggestions corrections contributions etc.All is appreciated.

References:
www.cloudchamp.com/2010/08/creating-maven-web-project-in-eclipse.html