Running new auto compile super dev mode from maven plugin

[Michael Wiles]

Hi all...

So I'm trying out gwt 2.7-rc1

I'm using the same maven config as I had for 2.6

I precompile all my sources so when I start the app it picks up the gwt module. 

When I run the app for the first time it correctly says "compiling" (as it doesn't precompile) and once done the app loads.

But after that when I refresh it doesn't pick up that there are changes and recompiles...

I have to do a full recompile to pick up the changes.

Michael

[Thomas Broyer]

Check the classpath for DevMode (run Maven with "-X").

FYI, I ran tests with my https://github.com/tbroyer/gwt-maven-archetypes and "compile on refresh" worked OK.

[SP Gingras]

Hi Thomas,

I tested "compile on refresh" (CoR) with your archetypes, and it works fine (using mvn gwt:run).

However, CoR does not work in my project (gwt 2.7, using mvn gwt:run).

File changes don't seem to be picked up by SDM:

[INFO] GET /recompile/App

[INFO]    Job com.myproject.App_1_4

[INFO]       starting job: com.myproject.App_1_4

[INFO]       binding: user.agent=safari

[INFO]       skipped compile because no input files have changed

[INFO]       0.038s total -- Compile completed

I have a particular maven structure where I have a root GWT module that aggregates a dozen of other GWT modules.

The parent GWT module is in its own Maven module, and all child GWT modules are in separate Maven modules. 

The parent Maven module contains 0 java code. All java code is located in the child Maven modules

/

├── app (Maven module, contains 1 gwt module inheriting all child GWT modules, no Java code here)

├── module1 (Maven module, pom)

│   ├── client (Maven module, contains 1 GWT module + Java files)

│   ├── server

├── module2 (Maven module, pom)

│   ├── client (Maven module, contains 1 GWT module + Java files)

│   ├── server

├── module3 (Maven module, pom)

│   ├── client (Maven module, contains 1 GWT module + Java files)

│   ├── server

 

I tried changing UiBinder files, View or Presenter files (using GWTP here), no changes are ever picked up.

Any hints?

[Thomas Broyer]

Did you list all module sources in the build-helper-maven-plugin in the module you run gwt:run in?

This is an unfortunate but necessary hack to get things working.

[SP Gingras]

This hack is due to https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MGWT-332 , right?