Maven - Run Maven Java Web Application in Jetty Maven Plugin - maven tutorial

1- Introduction

This tutorial was written based on:

Eclipse 4.6 (NEON)
Jetty Maven Plugin 9.2.x

The steps in this tutorial:

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2- Quick create Maven Web Application Project

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This is image of project is created.

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The contents of the file pom.xml was created:

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Do not worry about the error message when the Project has been created. The reason is that you do not declare the Servlet library.
Eclipse 4.4 (Luna) create Maven project structure may be wrong. You need to fix.

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3- Search Jetty Maven Plugin version to use

Next we will find a version of "Jetty Maven Plugin" (fit or newest):

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4- Configure and run Maven Project

Configure Maven Servlet Library

<!-- Servlet Library -->
<dependency>
   <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
   <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
   <version>3.1.0</version>
   <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

Copy and paste the following code into pom.xml

<plugins>
    <plugin>
        <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
        <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>9.2.10.v20150310</version>
         
        <configuration>
            <scanIntervalSeconds>10</scanIntervalSeconds>
            <webApp>
                <contextPath>/SimpleMavenWebApp</contextPath>
            </webApp>
        </configuration>
         
    </plugin>
</plugins>

pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.wikitechy.com/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>wikitechy.com</groupId>
    <artifactId>SimpleMavenWebApp</artifactId>
    <packaging>war</packaging>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>SimpleMavenWebApp Maven Webapp</name>
    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
    <dependencies>
 
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>3.8.1</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
 
        <!-- Servlet Library -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.0</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
 
    </dependencies>
 
    <build>
        <finalName>SimpleMavenWebApp</finalName>
        <plugins>
             
                        <plugin>
                <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
                <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>9.2.10.v20150310</version>
                 
                <configuration>
                    <scanIntervalSeconds>10</scanIntervalSeconds>
                    <webApp>
                        <contextPath>/SimpleMavenWebApp</contextPath>
                    </webApp>
                </configuration>
                 
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
 
</project>