>From what I can tell an eclipse:multiproject goal doesn't even exist. See http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/eclipse/goals.html
Also I asked about heiracrhical projects in Eclipse yesterday on the MyEclipse support forum and they nixed the idea. See http://www.myeclipseide.com/PNphpBB2+file-viewtopic-t-6084.html I will try your approach with the suggested project.properties entries and report back with how things work out. Thanks. --James --- David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think I forgot to mention that the project you run > > multiproject:install in has to have the > project.properties file with > maven.multiproject.includes and > maven.multiproject.excludes in it. I > don't recall if I tested it explicitly but you > should be able to have > things like ../otherproject/foo/project.xml in these > lists, so having > the "root" project at the same level as the actual > subprojects should > be ok. > > What does happen if you have a root directory with > no "code" (src dir), > just the project.properties to set up multiproject, > and you run > eclipse:multiproject? > > I know there are some people using eclipse to work > with Geronimo, which > has a project structure with a root project with no > code, and a lot of > subprojects. I don't know what they use to set up > eclipse however. > > david jencks > > On Feb 17, 2005, at 8:50 AM, James Adams wrote: > > > David your approach looks to be as simple as > possible. > > The only problem is that Eclipse really doesn't > allow > > me to have my entire project under a root > directory, > > hence I'll probably take Arnaud's suggestion and > > create a "root" project at the same level as the > other > > projects/modules. With this arrangement your > solution > > will not work unaltered since if I run "maven > > multiproject:install" from the root project > directory > > it doesn't know about any subprojects since > they're > > all on the same level as the root project, instead > of > > under it. With this in mind is there still a way > to > > make your solution work ? Everything I've tried > so > > far has bombed. Maybe it's just as easy to use > > Arnaud's suggested solution ? > > > > Thanks in advance, I really appreciate the help. > > > > > > --James > > > > > > > >> there's a simpler way... > >> > >> in each subproject include a project.properties > file > >> with (at least) a line like > >> > >> maven.multiproject.type=ejb > >> > >> (or war, rar, jar, ear, plugin etc depending what > it > > > >> is) > >> > >> then on the top level project > >> > >> maven multiproject:install > >> > >> will build and install all the subprojects. > >> > >> I don't use eclipse but I thought that the > eclipse > >> plugin handled multiproject structures. Try > maven > >> eclipse:multiproject and see what happens. > >> > >> david jencks > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
