[Gwt-openlayers-devl] IMPORTANT merging maven enhancements (trac issue 48)

[Edwin C. <com...@gm...>]

Hi all,

Andrew Hughes has been working hard to get things ready for a 0.5
release. One open issue is merging Andrew's fantastic work to make
proper use of Maven onto the default branch. You can check out the
improvements and see the new project dir layout by cloning the
'trac_ticket_48' branch.

PLEASE MAIL IT TO THE DEV LIST WITHIN 2 or 3 DAYS IF YOU WANT TO GIVE
FEEDBACK ON THE MERGE!!! If you are not okay with the merge then
please provide arguments about the how and why.

All in all we think is a huge win, so we hope you'll feel the same way.

There will be three modules in the new project structure:
gwt-openlayers (parent)
gwt-openlayers-client (what is now gwt-ol)
gwt-openlayers-showcase

After checking out the project you can simply import the modules for
project into Eclipse as an existing Maven project (requires the
m2eclipse plugin). The documentation will be updated to describe how
to debug it all without the Google Eclipse Plugin and how to get the
showcase to work with the Google Eclipse Plugin (should work with new
versions of GEP).

Building the jar:
> cd gwt-openlayers-client
> mvn package (or mvn install)

Running the showcase:
> cd gwt-openlayers-showcase
> mvn gwt:run

Building the new website
> cd gwt-openlayers
> mvn site (requires mvn install of gwt-openlayers-client, to also build JavaDoc and link it in site).

Eventually the proxy in gwt-openlayers-client will be moved to
gwt-openlayers-server. This is in line with gwt-maven conventions.

Building the project with Ant is no longer supported, as we want to
focus on getting everyting right with Maven. Also, the project website
will be generated from Maven.

Greetings,
Edwin Commandeur