Steps in creating gwt project using spring roo 1.2.3

Steps in creating gwt project using spring roo 1.2.3

1. Create TestProjectRoo1.2.3 from STS

2. Roo commands

a.) jpa setup --provider HIBERNATE --databaseName test--userName root --password root --database MYSQL
b.) entity jpa --class ~.server.domain.TestEntity --testAutomatically
c.) field string description

d.) create all entities of your project

e.) gwt project set up commands

1. web gwt setup
2. web gwt all --proxyPackage test.client.managed.proxy --requestPackage test.client.managed.request

3. You will get build error- Plugin execution not covered by lifecycle configuration: org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:1.2:exec (execution: default, phase: process-classes)

To solve this error add following code inside pom.xml below given code

<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}/WEB-INF/classes</outputDirectory>

put this code below <outputDirectory>

<pluginManagement>

<plugins>

<!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->

<plugin>

<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>

<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>

<version>1.0.0</version>

<configuration>

<lifecycleMappingMetadata>

<pluginExecutions>

<pluginExecution>

<pluginExecutionFilter>

<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>

<artifactId>

exec-maven-plugin

</artifactId>

<versionRange>[1.2,)</versionRange>

<goals>

<goal>exec</goal>

</goals>

</pluginExecutionFilter>

<action>

<ignore></ignore>

</action>

</pluginExecution>

</pluginExecutions>

</lifecycleMappingMetadata>

</configuration>

</plugin>

</plugins>

</pluginManagement>

4. You will get this error when runinng this project
   The RequestFactory ValidationTool must be run for the test.client.managed.request.ApplicationRequestFactory RequestFactory type

To Solve this error

1. pom.xml

<dependency>

<groupId>org.springframework.roo</groupId>

<artifactId>org.springframework.roo.annotations</artifactId>

<version>${roo.version}</version>

<scope>provided</scope> delete this line

</dependency>

2. Run Validation Tool(Save below file as validation.bat and run it after running project from STS)

:: made by TestProjectRoo1.2.3 TEAM
::@echo off
cls

:: Must change for project specific path(Project path)
d:
cd D:\D Drive Data\BME\workspace1\TestProjectRoo1.2.3

set TARGET=.\target
:: Must change web-inf path specfic to project
set BASE=%TARGET%\LogBook-0.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT\WEB-INF
   
::----------------------------
:: don't have to edit below - unless you have more Application Request Factories

set OUTPUT=%BASE%\classes
::set OUTPUT=%TARGET%\generated-sources\gwt

IF NOT EXIST %TARGET% (
 echo %TARGET% doesn't exists, Please check your directory structure.
 echo Validation file must run from project root directory.
 pause
 exit
)

IF exist %OUTPUT% ( 
 echo %OUTPUT% exists 
) ELSE ( 
 mkdir %OUTPUT% && echo %OUTPUT% created. 
)

set CP=
set CP=%CP%%BASE%\classes;
set CP=%CP%%BASE%\lib\*;
:: '*' will only work with java 1.6+

:: these need to be in there
::CP="%CP%%BASE%/lib/requestfactory-apt.jar:";
::CP="%CP%%BASE%/lib/requestfactory-server+src.jar:";

echo DEBUG ClassPath: %CP%

:: these need to be in there
set PATH=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_32\bin\
::set CLASSPATH=.;C:\Users\tapant\.m2\repository\.

:: Validation tool must run for requestfactory class for which exception was thrown
java -cp %CP% com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.apt.ValidationTool %OUTPUT% test.client.managed.request.ApplicationRequestFactory
:: Do you need more Request Factories???

:: the end
pause
::exit

5. final Screen after above steps are perfect
    

6. Now create your own entry class and reuse the auto generated code. Thanks to Spring roo community for that.

Author : Milan D Ashara