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 Rapid Testing Using the Jetty6 Plugin
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 Pete Marvin King
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 19 June 2006
 
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Rapid Testing Using the Jetty Plugin
 
 Normally, testing a web application involves compiling java sources, creating a war and 
 deploying it to a web container. 
 
 But using the jetty plugin enables you to quickly test your web application by skipping
 the last two steps. By default the jetty plugin scans your <<<target/classes>>> for
 any changes in your java sources and <<<src/main/webapp>>> for your web sources.
 The jetty6 plugin will automatically reload the modified classes and web sources.
 
 To use the jetty plugin just add the following in your <<<pom.xml>>>:
 
+-----------------+ 
<project>
  [...]
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
         <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <scanIntervalSeconds>10</scanIntervalSeconds>
           <connectors>
             <connector implementation="org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector">
               <port>8080</port>
               <maxIdleTime>60000</maxIdleTime>
             </connector>
           </connectors>
         </configuration>       
      </plugin>
      [...]
    </plugins>    
  </build>
  [...]  
</project>
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 then start Jetty:
 
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  mvn jetty:run
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 The command will block with Jetty listening on port 8080.
 
 Check the {{{http://jetty.mortbay.org/maven-plugin/index.html}jetty plugin documentation}} for more details.