Unable to find 'com/google/gwt/core/Core.gwt.xml' - what am I missing?

[mmo...@gmail.com]

I am trying to upgrade our project to use GWT 2.10  and the “new” GWT maven-plugin (by T. Broyer) for debugging (before we were on GWT 2.7 and the old plugin):

 

Meanwhile I am able to build the project. If I deploy the generated .war file to a Tomcat server the application runs OK. There are still a few rough edges but we are getting there.

Only if I try to run the code-server in order to be able to debug the application (I am using the maven goal “mvn gwt:codeserver” to start it) then I always get this output:

 

…

[INFO] --- gwt-maven-plugin:1.0.1:codeserver (default-cli) @ zhstregisterjp-parent ---

[INFO] Ignoring ch.zh.ksta.zhstregisterjp:zhstregisterjp-internal-services:jar:3.10-SNAPSHOT; neither a gwt-lib or jar:sources; Did you forget to use <type>gwt-lib</type> in the dependency declaration?

[INFO] Ignoring ch.zh.ksta.zhstregisterjp:zhstregisterjp-web-service-common:jar:3.10-SNAPSHOT; neither a gwt-lib or jar:sources; Did you forget to use <type>gwt-lib</type> in the dependency declaration?

[INFO] Ignoring ch.zh.ksta.zhstregisterjp:zhstregisterjp-sam-web-service:jar:3.10-SNAPSHOT; neither a gwt-lib or jar:sources; Did you forget to use <type>gwt-lib</type> in the dependency declaration?

[INFO] Ignoring ch.zh.ksta.zhstregisterjp:zhstregisterjp-c3-web-service:jar:3.10-SNAPSHOT; neither a gwt-lib or jar:sources; Did you forget to use <type>gwt-lib</type> in the dependency declaration?

[INFO] Ignoring ch.zh.ksta.zhstregisterjp:zhstregisterjp-c3adapter-web-service:jar:3.10-SNAPSHOT; neither a gwt-lib or jar:sources; Did you forget to use <type>gwt-lib</type> in the dependency declaration?

[INFO] Ignoring ch.zh.ksta.zhstregisterjp:zhstregisterjp-zhquest-web-service:jar:3.10-SNAPSHOT; neither a gwt-lib or jar:sources; Did you forget to use <type>gwt-lib</type> in the dependency declaration?

[INFO] Ignoring ch.zh.ksta.zhstregisterjp:zhstregisterjp-zhdokumente-web-service:jar:3.10-SNAPSHOT; neither a gwt-lib or jar:sources; Did you forget to use <type>gwt-lib</type> in the dependency declaration?

[INFO] Ignoring ch.zh.ksta.zhstregisterjp:zhstregisterjp-batch:jar:3.10-SNAPSHOT; neither a gwt-lib or jar:sources; Did you forget to use <type>gwt-lib</type> in the dependency declaration?

[INFO] Turning off precompile in incremental mode.

[INFO] Super Dev Mode starting up

[INFO]    workDir: D:\Projects\KStA_ZH_RegisterJP\code\application\target\gwt\codeserver

[INFO]    Loading inherited module 'ch.zh.ksta.zhstregisterjp.ZHStRegisterJPWeb'

[INFO]       Loading inherited module 'com.google.gwt.core.Core'

[INFO]          [ERROR] Unable to find 'com/google/gwt/core/Core.gwt.xml' on your classpath; could be a typo, or maybe you forgot to include a classpath entry for source?

 

Those .jar files it complains about at the begin contain parts of the application that contain no GWT code at all but I didn’t find a possibility to signal that to the plugin to silence these warnings, yet. But I think they are harmless.

 

However, the code-server then always dies with this dreaded Unable to find 'com/google/gwt/core/Core.gwt.xml' error.

However, gwt-dev-2.10.0.jar and gwt-user-2.10.0.jar are on the module’s dependency-list:

 

             …

             <dependency>

                    <groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>

                    <artifactId>gwt-dev</artifactId>

             </dependency>

             <dependency>

                    <groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>

                    <artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>

             </dependency>

                              …

      

and – if I dig into these .jars – the gwt-user-2.10.0.jar *does* contain that missing file: /com/google/gwt/core/Core.gwt.xml.

So, why can the code-server not locate it??? Any ideas?

 

 

[Thomas Broyer]

See https://tbroyer.github.io/gwt-maven-plugin/codeserver.html for the differences between gwt:compile and gwt:codeserver.

Here, because it looks like you have both server and client code in the same Maven project, I'd say this is because your gwt-user is in scope=provided so it's not available at runtime.

You can workaround this by reconfiguring the gwt:codeserver's classpathScope: https://tbroyer.github.io/gwt-maven-plugin/codeserver-mojo.html#classpathScope

To troubleshoot: run Maven with debug logs (mvn -X gwt:codeserver), the plugin will emit two lines starting with "Classpath: " and "Arguments: " respectively that you can inspect; and you'll also see debug logs from GWT. Also, turn on failOnError, maybe there was something earlier that caused that error.

[Michael Moser]

Thanks a lot for the advice!

I ran the goal with the -X option and the mentioned lines read (the classpath it is endless, but I replaced the non-relevant parts here with «…»):

 

…

[DEBUG] Classpath: D:\Projects\KStA_ZH_RegisterJP\code\application\zhstregisterjp-web\target\registerjp\WEB-INF\classes; ... D:\m2repository\rjp\org\gwtproject\gwt-servlet\2.10.0\gwt-servlet-2.10.0.jar;D:\m2repository\rjp\org\gwtproject\gwt-dev\2.10.0\gwt-dev-2.10.0.jar; ...

[DEBUG] Arguments: com.google.gwt.dev.codeserver.CodeServer -nofailOnError -logLevel INFO -workDir D:\Projects\KStA_ZH_RegisterJP\code\application\target\gwt\codeserver -style DETAILED -launcherDir "D:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.5\webapps\registerjp\ZHStRegisterJPWeb" -allowMissingSrc -src D:\Projects\KStA_ZH_RegisterJP\code\application\zhstregisterjp-web\src\main\java -src D:\Projects\KStA_ZH_RegisterJP\code\application\zhstregisterjp-common\src\main\java -src D:\Projects\KStA_ZH_RegisterJP\code\application\zhstregisterjp-common\target\generated-sources ch.zh.ksta.zhstregisterjp.ZHStRegisterJPWeb

[INFO] Turning off precompile in incremental mode.

[INFO] Super Dev Mode starting up

[INFO]    workDir: D:\Projects\KStA_ZH_RegisterJP\code\application\target\gwt\codeserver

[INFO]    Loading inherited module 'ch.zh.ksta.zhstregisterjp.ZHStRegisterJPWeb'

[INFO]       Loading inherited module 'com.google.gwt.core.Core'

[INFO]          [ERROR] Unable to find 'com/google/gwt/core/Core.gwt.xml' on your classpath; could be a typo, or maybe you forgot to include a classpath entry for source?

 

But the gwt-user-2.10.0.jar is indeed NOT part of the classpath here and I don’t get, why!

As I mentioned: it’s part of the dependencies-list oft he module (as shown in my first mail). IMHO already that should suffice to make it appear in that classpath!

I also added a <classpathScope>test</classpathScope> to the plugin’s configuration as descibed in the codeserver goal’s description:

                  …

                  <plugin>

                      <groupId>net.ltgt.gwt.maven</groupId>

                        <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>

                        <executions>

                              <execution>

                                    <goals>

                                         <goal>compile</goal>

                                         <goal>test</goal>

                                         <goal>codeserver</goal>

                                    </goals>

                              </execution>

                        </executions>

                        <configuration>

                            <classpathScope>test</classpathScope>

                              …

 

From the docs I’ld say, «test» is supposed to cover ALL scopes. So, why is the gwt-user-2.10.0.jar not part of the game here?

 

[Thomas Broyer]

Hard to tell without seeing the project.

From your logs, it actually looks like you have cleanly separated server/shared/client modules; in this case, configuration of the classpathScope needs to be done in the root POM, where the gwt:codeserver is called. Only the moduleName will be read from the submodule, nothing else (well, Maven dependencies as well, but nothing else from the plugin's configuration)

[Michael Moser]

• in this case, configuration of the classpathScope needs to be done in the root POM, where the gwt:codeserver is called.

 

Aaah! THAT was the magic bullet! Now it starts up ok!

 

Thanks such a lot! I guess I would never have found out!

 

Michael

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