Jetty running via Maven on OSX - prevent "Launcher" app from opening

Question

We have a java app that uses an embedded jetty container. When we start it via maven on OSX via mvn jetty:run a java app opens with the title org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher. When it opens it steals focus from whatever is in the foreground. Is there any way to prevent it?

Answer 1

Run with

-Djava.awt.headless=true

You could add this in MAVEN_OPTS on your Mac machine's environment (i.e., in ~/.profile or whatever your shell looks for)