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 Rapid Testing Using the Jetty Plugin
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 Pete Marvin King
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 2008-08-03
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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.

 Using the Jetty Plugin enables you to quickly test your web application by skipping
 the last two steps. By default the Jetty Plugin scans <<<target/classes>>> for
 any changes in your Java sources and <<<src/main/webapp>>> for changes to your web sources.
 The Jetty Plugin will automatically reload the modified classes and web sources.

 To use the Jetty Plugin just add the following in your <<<pom.xml>>>:

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<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>6.1.10</version>
        <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://docs.codehaus.org/display/JETTY/Maven+Jetty+Plugin}Jetty Plugin documentation}} for more details.