Multi-Module Project +Super Dev Mode

[Ryan Kruse]

We have a multi-module application where only one module builds a war. The other modules are libraries of widgets and utilities.

Something like...

• parent
• mod-utils
• mod-widgets
• webapp

This has been working fine using the GWT browser plugin back to eclipse, where a browesr refresh would reattach to eclipse and recognize changes in any module. 

Now I'm trying our Super Dev Mode using mvn gwt:run-codeserver from an eclipse run config on the webapp project. The app starts up fine and I can trigger the recompiles (although they're slower than I hoped) via the browser bookmarklets and the page refreshes fine. The problem is that the fresh javascript doesn't contain my changes made in mod-utils or mod-widgets. Any tips?

[Thomas Broyer]

This is a known issue (which happen to have been discussed a lot recently): https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MGWT-332

Only workaround is to use the build-helper-maven-plugin (preferably in a profile) to add the source folders of the other modules to the classpath; or more simply create a "Java Application" launcher in Eclipse instead of relying on Maven.

Have a look at https://github.com/tbroyer/gwt-maven-archetypes