Introducing WOCreator
WOCreator is a Maven plug-in that can be used to create initial Maven
project templates for J2EE WebObjects applications.
Who might want to use this plug-in (or who might want to use Maven)?
People who want to deploy WebObjects applications to a standard Java
application server (without requiring WebObjects to be installed).
This plug-in creates Maven project templates that will build
WebObjects applications as stand-alone J2EE Web Application Archives
(WARs) containing your applications and all the required frameworks.
If you want to deploy your applications to JBoss, Tomcat, Jetty etc
then you may be interested in using this plug-in.
People who want to develop WebObjects applications using their choice
of Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and Operating System.
Using Maven to build WebObjects applications does not require a
particular IDE or Operating System. Once you have a Maven project,
you can use other Maven plug-ins to generate project files for a
range of popular IDEs (including Eclipse, NetBeans, JBuilder and
IntelliJ IDEA).
People who are interested in using Maven to build WebObjects
applications. If you already use Maven, or are interested in using
Maven, you may be interested in using this plug-in.
Who probably wont want to use this plug-in?
This plug-in creates Maven project templates that will produce WARs.
If you want to deploy your applications as .WOAs then you probably
wont want to use this plug-in.
This plug-in is not required to use Maven to build WebObjects
applications. It simply automates the creation of the initial Maven
project structure. If you are already using Maven and are happy
creating the initial project structure then you probably wont want
to use this plug-in.
More Information
You can find more information about the WOCreator plug-in (including
a screen cast showing the use of the plug-in) at the project web site:
http://wocreator.sourceforge.net
In order to use the WOCreator plug-in you need Maven 2. You can find
Maven at:
http://maven.apache.org
Regards,
Jake MacMullin