Apache Maven

Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a Project Object Model (POM), Maven can manage a project's build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information.

Requires Java.

Slackbuild

su
cd /tmp
wget http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.0/development/apache-maven.tar.gz
tar xvzf apache-maven.tar.gz
cd apache-maven
wget http://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/binaries/apache-maven-3.0.4-bin.tar.gz
./apache-maven.SlackBuild
installpkg /tmp/apache-maven-3.0.4-noarch-1_SBo.tgz

Package: apache-maven-3.0.4-noarch-1_SBo.tgz

User settings

You can specify your user configuration in ${user.home}/.m2/settings.xml. The default location of your local repository is ${user.home}/.m2/repository/.

Maven sample web app for JBoss AS 7.1.1

Web application creation

cd ~
mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=org.allowed.bitarus -DartifactId=WebApp -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp -DinteractiveMode=false
cd WebApp
mvn clean
mvn compile
mvn package

Deploy web application on jboss AS 7.1.1

/opt/jboss-as-7.1.1.Final/bin/standalone.sh
http://localhost:9990
admin 12345678
Manage deployments
Add content
Choose file ~/WebApp/target/WebApp.war
next, save
enable , confirm
http://localhost:8080/WebApp/

Add REST and servlet support

url http://localhost:8080/WebApp/rest/testSvc/paramx

Add dependencies to pom.xml, jboss AS 7.1.1 JAX-RS

   1 <dependency>
   2     <groupId>org.jboss.resteasy</groupId>
   3     <artifactId>resteasy-jaxrs</artifactId>
   4     <version>2.2.1.GA</version>
   5     <scope>provided</scope>
   6 </dependency>
   7 <dependency>
   8     <groupId>javax</groupId>
   9     <artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId>
  10     <version>6.0</version>
  11     <scope>provided</scope>
  12 </dependency>

Create source code for REST service and servlet

File src/main/java/org/allowed/bitarus/TestService.java

URL http://localhost:8080/WebApp/rest/testSvc/asddddd

   1 package org.allowed.bitarus;
   2 
   3 import javax.ws.rs.GET;
   4 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
   5 import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
   6 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
   7 
   8 @Path("/testSvc")
   9 public class TestService {
  10 
  11     @GET
  12     @Path("/{param}")
  13     public Response getMsg(@PathParam("param") String msg) {
  14         String out = String.format("testSvc returns %s", msg);
  15         return Response.status(200).entity(out).build();
  16     }
  17 
  18 }

File src/main/java/org/allowed/bitarus/Servletx.java

http://localhost:8080/WebApp/servletxxx

   1 package org.allowed.bitarus;
   2 
   3 import javax.servlet.*;
   4 import javax.servlet.http.*;
   5 import java.io.*;
   6 
   7 public class Servletx extends HttpServlet{
   8     public void service(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) throws IOException
   9     {
  10         res.setContentType("text/html");
  11         PrintWriter out = res.getWriter();
  12         out.println("<html><head><title>Hello World!</title></head>");
  13         out.println("<body><h1>Hello World!</h1></body></html>");
  14     }
  15 }

Configure web app

File src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml

   1 <!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC
   2  "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
   3  "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd" >
   4 <web-app>
   5   <display-name>Archetype Created Web Application</display-name>
   6   <context-param>
   7     <param-name>resteasy.scan</param-name>
   8     <param-value>true</param-value>
   9   </context-param>
  10  
  11   <context-param>
  12     <param-name>resteasy.servlet.mapping.prefix</param-name>
  13     <param-value>/rest</param-value>
  14   </context-param>
  15 
  16   <servlet>
  17     <servlet-name>resteasy-servlet</servlet-name>
  18     <servlet-class>org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.HttpServletDispatcher</servlet-class>
  19   </servlet>
  20   <servlet-mapping>
  21     <servlet-name>resteasy-servlet</servlet-name>
  22     <url-pattern>/rest/*</url-pattern>
  23   </servlet-mapping>
  24 
  25   <servlet>
  26     <servlet-name>Servletx</servlet-name>
  27     <servlet-class>org.allowed.bitarus.Servletx</servlet-class>
  28   </servlet>
  29   <servlet-mapping>
  30     <servlet-name>Servletx</servlet-name>
  31     <url-pattern>/servletxxx</url-pattern> 
  32   </servlet-mapping>
  33 </web-app>