Maven integration overview
QuickBuild is able to integrate with the popular build tool - Maven
. This integration enables you to:
- build your project with Maven by creating a maven build step
- use the version defined in POM as version of generated build. If the version is a snapshot version, the SNAPSHOT suffix will be replaced by the actual snapshot version.
- display the deployed artifacts visually by using QuickBuild web interface for each build
- if dependency project (as defined in the POM) should be build, QuickBuild can automatically build all projects using this dependency to verify that the dependency does not break other dependent projects. This feature is currently not available in this milestone version, but it will be available in the final 2.0 release.
Following is a sample screen of a Maven based build:
Setup a Maven based build
To setup a maven based build, please perform following steps:
- Make sure that the Maven plugin is configured. To configure Maven plugin, you will need to switch to the Administration tab, open the Plugin Management page, and look for the plugin with id com.pmease.quickbuild.plugin.maven. Then click the configure link to bring up the configure screen as follows:
In this screen:
- Default Maven Executable Path: this property needs to be specified to provide a default Maven installation. This default maven path can be overridden when you define the maven build step.
- Repository Access URL: this property needs to be specified if you want to access the deployed maven artifacts by using QuickBuild web interface. It should be the root url to the repository, QuickBuild will append groupId and artifactId to the url to access the deployed artifacts. For example, if the deployed POM is accessed by [_], you will need to specify this property as [_].
- Snapshot Repository Access URL: this property serves the same purpose as repository access url, except that it is used for snapshot versions. Specify the same value as the property above if the snapshot version deploys to the same repository as the regular versions.
- Add the maven build step to the build process as follows:
