on save compile and deploy with maven eclipse and weblogic

Question

Hi All,

I just started maven in general and m2eclipse in specific. What I have been doing before is follow:

1)Deploy my application to tomcat. 2) make any changes to the java or jsp files. 3) save and run the application again ( no restart is neccessary unless I changed a config file).

now, everytime I make a minor change to my maven project in eclipse I have to do a "pre-clean install" to compile and deploy the application again and then restart weblogic 10 to view the changes.

Is there anyway ( or maybe I m not doing something right) that I when I modify a class or jsp file, the code will get compiled and deployed when I save the file like I was doing before with the eclipse default project builder and tomcat?

Also, When I checkout the maven project from SVN, Eclipes shows bunch of compiling errors due to some missing classes, but when I build the project using m2eclipse everything builds successfull. Why is eclipse not recognizing the classes??

I have looked at the following answer but I was not able to figure out the problem.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2632425/howto-start-maven-compile-goal-on-save-in-eclipse

Answer 1

now, everytime I make a minor change to my maven project in eclipse I have to do a "pre-clean install" to compile and deploy the application again and then restart weblogic 10 to view the changes.

You shouldn't have to do that. Are you using the Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse (OEPE) (available from the market place or from an update site) and the WTP?

Is there anyway ( or maybe I m not doing something right) that I when I modify a class or jsp file, the code will get compiled and deployed when I save the file like I was doing before with the eclipse default project builder and tomcat?

See above.

Also, When I checkout the maven project from SVN, Eclipes shows bunch of compiling errors due to some missing classes, but when I build the project using m2eclipse everything builds successful. Why is eclipse not recognizing the classes??

Try the following: right-click on the project then Maven > Update Project Configuration.