I am curious to know why do you need a manifest file in a war? I have
never needed it.
On 2/20/06, Mang Jun Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since there is no functionality in the maven-war-plugin to support the use
> of custom manifest files, I'm getting desperate and I'm going to try to
> add it in. I've checked out the latest code and I built it. My POM has
> the following:
>
> <build>
> <plugins>
> <plugin>
> <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
> <configuration>
> <archive>
> <manifest>
> <manifestFile>${basedir}/WebContent/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
> </manifest>
> </archive>
> <warSourceDirectory>${basedir}/WebContent</warSourceDirectory>
> <webXml>${basedir}/WebContent/WEB-INF/web.xml</webXml>
> </configuration>
> </plugin>
> </plugins>
> </build>
>
> This gives me this error when I run mvn clean package:
>
> [INFO] Failed to configure plugin parameters for:
> org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-war-plugin:2.0-beta-3-SNAPSHOT
> Cause: Cannot find setter nor field in
> org.apache.maven.archiver.ManifestConfiguration for 'manifestFile'
>
> The stack trace says "Error configuring:
> org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-war-plugin. Reason: Unable to parse the
> created DOM for plugin configuration". Where is this code? To add this
> functionality would I have to modify the parser? Would I have to modify
> Plexus WarArchiver code? If so, I can't find the source anywhere. Their
> CVS and their SVN repos don't seem to work anymore. Could someone more
> experienced with the code (e.g. a Maven developer) point me in the right
> direction? Can it even be done? This is sort of a last ditch effort for
> me since my attempts at a workaround have failed.
>
> Please reply. I'm really desperate for this custom manifest file feature.
> Thanks again.
>
>
> _Mang Lau
>
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Alexandre Poitras
Québec, Canada
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