Creating a multi-module project from Maven into one war file
My question has been asked before, which I know, but I think I am trying to do something a little different if the existing answers don't fit.
Basically, I want to have multiple projects in Eclipse to be built (preferably) into one final WAR file. Perfectly:
root - pom.xml
|___ java-app
|___ web-service-v1
|___ web-service-v2
|___ web-service-v3
|___ rest-service
|___ batch-service
Imagine a Java application is a real application, and each additional component acts as a decoupled presentation layer for the Java application itself. Ultimately, the Java application will run on a tomcat instance, with different modules providing their services. I would like all the different modules to run in the same Spring container as well.
I don't know that running in Maven modules is the best way to do this, but I'd rather have each component in a separate Eclipse project that will eventually be built together.
Can anyone provide any suggestions as to how I would use Maven to build this?
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The basic idea behind Maven is that each module should generate one build artifact (like a jar or war file). The parent pom is usually responsible for global configuration and dependency management, as well as correct modular orchestration. If your end result should be a WAR file, the last module on the list will be a web application. Other modules can provide classes that the war file depends on.
There are more complex build structures out there, but the above one should be enough for you.
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This is somewhat dated, but hope this additional information helps someone.
@Mousc Miscellaneous An example of saving Spring configurations in each module and referencing them from web.xml can be found here in the Sonatype book . I think this is what you are looking for.
PS: Sorry, I had to add this as a new answer. I probably don't have enough points to answer the other answers.
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