Maven gwt:compile produces no hosted html file

Question

I created a test gwt project using webAppCreator with -maven option.

When I compile the project using mvn gwt:compile, I get my files compiled successfully, but hosted.html is missing, so I can't start my application. In development mode everything works fine. How can I fix it?

Here is pom.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">

  <!-- POM file generated with GWT webAppCreator -->
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>com.damluar</groupId>
  <artifactId>stockwatcher</artifactId>
  <packaging>war</packaging>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <name>com.damluar.stockwatcher</name>

  <properties>
    <!-- Convenience property to set the GWT version -->
    <gwtVersion>2.6.0</gwtVersion>
    <!-- GWT needs at least java 1.6 -->
    <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
    <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
  </properties>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
      <artifactId>gwt-servlet</artifactId>
      <version>${gwtVersion}</version>
      <scope>runtime</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
      <artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>
      <version>${gwtVersion}</version>
      <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
      <artifactId>gwt-dev</artifactId>
      <version>${gwtVersion}</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>4.8.1</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
      <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
      <version>1.0.0.GA</version>
      <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
      <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
      <version>1.0.0.GA</version>
      <classifier>sources</classifier>
      <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>

  <build>
    <!-- Generate compiled stuff in the folder used for developing mode --> 
    <outputDirectory>target/www/WEB-INF/classes</outputDirectory>

    <plugins>

      <!-- GWT Maven Plugin-->
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
        <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.2.0</version>
    <dependencies>
          <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
            <artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>
            <version>${gwtVersion}</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
            <artifactId>gwt-dev</artifactId>
            <version>${gwtVersion}</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
            <artifactId>gwt-servlet</artifactId>
            <version>${gwtVersion}</version>
          </dependency>
    </dependencies>
        <!-- JS is only needed in the package phase, this speeds up testing --> 
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>compile</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
        <!-- Plugin configuration. There are many available options, 
             see gwt-maven-plugin documentation at codehaus.org --> 
        <configuration>
          <!-- URL that should be automatically opened in the GWT shell (gwt:run). -->
          <runTarget>stockwatcher.html</runTarget>
          <!-- Location of the develop-mode web application structure (gwt:run). -->
          <hostedWebapp>target/www</hostedWebapp>
          <!-- Ask GWT to create the Story of Your Compile (SOYC) (gwt:compile) -->
          <compileReport>true</compileReport>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>

      <!-- Add source folders to test classpath in order to run gwt-tests as normal junit-tests -->
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.5</version>
        <configuration>
          <additionalClasspathElements>
            <additionalClasspathElement>${project.build.sourceDirectory}</additionalClasspathElement>
            <additionalClasspathElement>${project.build.testSourceDirectory}</additionalClasspathElement>
          </additionalClasspathElements>
          <useManifestOnlyJar>false</useManifestOnlyJar>
          <forkMode>always</forkMode>

          <!-- Folder for generated testing stuff --> 
          <systemProperties>
            <property>
              <name>gwt.args</name>
              <value>-war target/www</value>
            </property>
          </systemProperties>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>

      <!-- Copy static web files before executing gwt:run -->
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.4.2</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <phase>compile</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>copy-resources</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
              <outputDirectory>target/www</outputDirectory>
              <resources>
                <resource>
                  <directory>src/main/webapp</directory>
                </resource>
              </resources>
            </configuration>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>

      <!-- Delete gwt generated stuff -->
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.3</version>
        <configuration>
          <filesets>
            <fileset><directory>src/main/webapp/stockwatcher</directory></fileset>
            <fileset><directory>src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes</directory></fileset>
            <fileset><directory>tomcat</directory></fileset>
            <fileset><directory>www-test</directory></fileset>
            <fileset><directory>.gwt-tmp</directory></fileset>
          </filesets>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>

      <plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.7</version>  <!--  Note 2.8 does not work with AspectJ aspect path -->
    <configuration>
          <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
          <downloadJavadocs>false</downloadJavadocs>
          <wtpversion>2.0</wtpversion>
          <additionalBuildcommands>
            <buildCommand>
              <name>com.google.gwt.eclipse.core.gwtProjectValidator</name>
            </buildCommand>
          </additionalBuildcommands>
          <additionalProjectnatures>
            <projectnature>com.google.gwt.eclipse.core.gwtNature</projectnature>
          </additionalProjectnatures>
    </configuration>
      </plugin>

    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>

Answer 1

hosted.html is used only by DevMode, so its absence shouldn't prevent you from loading the app in production mode.

If you switched the linker though (e.g. to the xsiframe linker), the needed file will be different (for the xsiframe linker, it's devmode.js).

This is different from the HTML Host Page, which you have to provide in src/main/webapp (one should be generated for you by the webAppCreator; in your case, src/main/webapp/stockwatcher.html). This is the page you'll load for both DevMode and production mode (switching between both is triggered by the ?gwt.codesvr= in the URL).