Maven and Continuum

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mvn clean install
-Dmaven.test.skip=true
-Dxfire.java5=true

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.

We faced problem with antrun plugin

[INFO] [antrun:run {execution: 0}]
[INFO] Executing tasks
[mkdir] Created dir:
D:\exo\projects\projects

\portlet-container\branches\2.0\component\plugins\wsrp1\target\generate
d
[java] java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/axis/wsdl/WSDL2Java
[java] Exception in thread "main"
[java] Java Result: 1


Thats problem solved with change
<latest>1.0</latest>
<release>1.0</release>
within
maven2\repository\org\apache\maven\plugins\maven-antrun-plugin\maven-metadata-central.xml

Or, much better to point version for maven plugin within pom.xml
For example:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>

<version>1.0</version>

And, sometimes ploblem in that maven doesn't see plugins at all.
Need to point plugin repository
For example:
<pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<id>snapshot</id>
<name>Snapshot repository</name>
<url>http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2/</url>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>

Links:
Maven
Documentation
Configuring Maven
Introduction to the POM
POM Reference
SETTINGS Reference

Introduction to the lifecycle
Build Lifecycle Phases

Frequently Asked Technical Questions
The APT format
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Continuum
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Continuum is a continous integration server for building Java based projects.
Continuum is a great partner to Apache Maven which will run builds on a configurable schedule. Continuum will email developers when the build is broken requesting that the culprit fix the problem. You may add a project to Continuum simply by pointing to the pom.xml in the source control system and it will magically do the rest (check out from source control, run a clean build, deploy to the integration server and run unit tests).

Links:
Welcome to Continuum
Documentation
About Continuum
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