gwt-plugins / gwt-plugins/gwt-eclipse-plugin

Maven dependencies not copied to WEB-INF/lib

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Description

Continuing from https://github.com/gwtproject/gwt/issues/10056

Running DevMode on a GWT module that carries modules with similar names does not copy all JARs to `WEB-INF/lib`

for example: `spring-webmvc.jar` is copied but `spring-web.jar` is not

Checkout and import https://bitbucket.org/upperlimit-public/gwt-devmode-server/src/main into an Eclipse Workspace.

I am using Eclipse 2025-03 but any relatively recent version should reproduce the problem.

Run DevMode on module `GWT-DevMode-server.POC.javax.web` with program argument `-server net.upperlimit.tools.GWT.DevMode.server.impl.Cargo.embedded.Tomcat9.javax.DevModeServerLauncher` after enabling profile named `IMPL_CARGO_EMBEDDED_TOMCAT9`

Under `target/gwt-maven-plugin/WEB-INF/lib` you will only see `spring-webmvc.jar` present but not `spring-web.jar`

This is important because the components in the missing JAR are loaded by the parent DevMode classloader instead of the webapp classloader, leading to a chain of runtime problems which are impossible to resolve.

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Import the gwt-devmode-server project into Eclipse, enable IMPL_CARGO_EMBEDDED_TOMCAT9, and run DevMode on GWT-DevMode-server.POC.javax.web with the named DevModeServerLauncher. Inspect target/gwt-maven-plugin/WEB-INF/lib and the Maven dependency-copying path; done means both spring-webmvc.jar and spring-web.jar are present and loaded by the webapp classloader.

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Tech stack
java
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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