Plugin Documentation

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal Description
gwt:clean Cleanup the webapp directory for GWT module compilation output
gwt:compile Invokes the GWTCompiler for the project source.
gwt:debug Extends the gwt goal and runs the project in the GWT Hosted mode with a debugger port hook (optionally suspended).
gwt:eclipse Goal which creates Eclipse lauch configurations for GWT modules.
gwt:eclipseTest Deprecated. use google eclipse plugin http://code.google.com/intl/fr-FR/eclipse/docs/users_guide.html
gwt:generateAsync Goal which generate Asyn interface.
gwt:help Display help information on gwt-maven-plugin. Call 
 mvn gwt:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name>
to display parameter details.
gwt:i18n Creates I18N interfaces for constants and messages files.
gwt:mergewebxml Merges GWT servlet elements into deployment descriptor (and non GWT servlets into shell).
gwt:resources Copy GWT java source code and module descriptor as resources in the build outputDirectory. Alternative to declaring a <resource> in the POM with finer filtering as the module descriptor is read to detect sources to be copied.
gwt:run Goal which run a GWT module in the GWT Hosted mode.
gwt:test Mimic surefire to run GWTTestCases during integration-test phase, until SUREFIRE-508 is fixed

System Requirements

The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:

Maven 2.0.9
JDK 1.4
Memory No minimum requirement.
Disk Space No minimum requirement.

Usage

You could run 'mvn -up' to get the latest version of this plugin, or specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM -->
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
          <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
        </plugin>
        ...
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
        <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>
For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"