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I have this Maven project built with the gwt-maven-archetype. While it runs perfectly with the mvn gwt:run goal, however when i try to run it in the tomcat7 container either mvn tomcat:run or mvn gwt:compile && mvn tomcat:run it does not load the GWT Dynamically created widgets.
According to the Google Chrome console it cannot find the *.nocache.js file even though in the /target/ folder it is exactly where it is expected to be.
I am currently trying to display a simple "Hello" Label in the Entry Point Module :
public class Hello implements EntryPoint {
public void onModuleLoad() {
Label hello = new Label("TESTESTSTSTS");
RootPanel.get("helloContainer").add(hello);
}
}
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="veltisto.css">
<title>Web Application Starter Project</title>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="veltisto/veltisto.nocache.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<iframe src="javascript:''" id="__gwt_historyFrame" tabIndex='-1' style="position:absolute;width:0;height:0;border:0"></iframe>
<noscript>
<div style="width: 22em; position: absolute; left: 50%; margin-left: -11em; color: red; background-color: white; border: 1px solid red; padding: 4px; font-family: sans-serif">
Your web browser must have JavaScript enabled
in order for this application to display correctly.
</div>
</noscript>
<div id="helloContainer"></div>
</body>
</html>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<!-- POM file generated with GWT webAppCreator -->
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>gr.veltisto</groupId>
<artifactId>web</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>GWT Maven Archetype</name>
<properties>
<!-- Convenience property to set the GWT version -->
<gwtVersion>2.4.0</gwtVersion>
<!-- GWT needs at least java 1.5 -->
<webappDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}</webappDirectory>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-servlet</artifactId>
<version>${gwtVersion}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>
<version>${gwtVersion}</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.7</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.GA</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.GA</version>
<classifier>sources</classifier>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.gwtbootstrap</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-bootstrap</artifactId>
<version>2.0.4.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<!-- Generate compiled stuff in the folder used for developing mode -->
<outputDirectory>${webappDirectory}/WEB-INF/classes</outputDirectory>
<plugins>
<!-- Copy static web files before executing gwt:run -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>exploded</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<webappDirectory>${webappDirectory}</webappDirectory>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.5</source>
<target>1.5</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0</version>
<configuration>
<path>/veltisto</path>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- GWT Maven Plugin -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<!-- Plugin configuration. There are many available options,
see gwt-maven-plugin documentation at codehaus.org -->
<configuration>
<runTarget>veltisto.html</runTarget>
<hostedWebapp>${webappDirectory}</hostedWebapp>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
<module rename-to='veltisto'>
<!-- Inherit the core Web Toolkit stuff. -->
<inherits name='com.google.gwt.user.User' />
<inherits name="com.google.gwt.uibinder.UiBinder" />
<!-- We need the JUnit module in the main module, -->
<!-- otherwise eclipse complains (Google plugin bug?) -->
<inherits name='com.google.gwt.junit.JUnit' />
<!-- Inherit the default GWT style sheet. You can change -->
<!-- the theme of your GWT application by uncommenting -->
<!-- any one of the following lines. -->
<inherits name='com.google.gwt.user.theme.standard.Standard' />
<!-- <inherits name='com.google.gwt.user.theme.chrome.Chrome'/> -->
<!-- <inherits name='com.google.gwt.user.theme.dark.Dark'/> -->
<!-- Other module inherits -->
<inherits name="com.google.gwt.uibinder.UiBinder" />
<inherits name="com.github.gwtbootstrap.Bootstrap" />
<!-- Specify the app entry point class. -->
<entry-point class='gr.veltisto.web.client.Hello' />
<!-- Specify the paths for translatable code -->
<source path='client' />
<source path='shared' />
</module>
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tomcat7:run only uses the src/main/webapp. You'll want to use tomcat7:run-war (which will do a package) or tomcat7:run-war-only (if you already have a war:exploded structure).
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Using firebug or chrome's inspector, do you see that the .nocache.js and .cache.html file loaded correctly? Or is there an error like a 404? If there is a 404, look in the path specified by the error in your war directory - is the file there?
If the .nocache.js file is missing or in the wrong place, it likely means that the path from the *.html page you listed to the compiled JS is wrong.
If the .cache.html file is missing, it often means that the gwt:compile was skipped, or that gwt:run or gwt:debug was running during or after the compile. Do not do gwt:compile followed by gwt:run or :debug:, as these latter two will remove the compiled files.
One final thought: The tomcat:run phase might be trying to grab a completed .war file, and your war:exploded will not create one. Additionally, when you run gwt:compile, this may not cause a completed compiled war directory to be build. To deal with all of these, consider getting your build working to produce a war file first, and then try to make tomcat:run behave. The first step here would be to map gwt:compile to the prepare-package phase, then make sure that the finished war contains the .nocache.js and .cache.html files as expected.
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