Maven support for OpenXava

Highlights

• It uses embdded version of Tomcat (contact us if you prefer WAR support)
• It currently supports OpenXava version 6.2.2.
• It supports HSQL database by default
• Works on both Windows and Linux

Steps to Run

• The following is for Linux based command line

mvn clean package
sh target/bin/webapp (Runs using port number 8080)
sh target/bin/webapp <port_number> (Override the port)

• The following is for Windows based command line

mvn clean package
target\bin\webapp.bat (Runs using port number 8080)
target\bin\webapp.bat <port_number> (Override the port)

For Use with Postgresql DB

• Switch to openxava_maven_template_postgres branch

For Use with MySQL DB

• Switch to openxava_maven_template_mysql branch.

Other Databases

• Support all Relational databases supported by Hibernate
• Update the web/META-INF/context.xml with the respective resource entries
• Add the jdbc driver library Maven dependency
• Also edit persistance.xml to change the appropriate DB dialect.

Building a standalone WAR file for deploying to existing Tomcat installs

• We will try to support this in the future.
• Contact us for support in this regard for the moment.

Other Application Servers

• We will try to document this in the future.
• We are happy to provide case by case support in this regard for the moment.

Upgrading OpenXava Version to Latest version

• Get the OpenXava latest version
• Replace the following jars to latest version jars
• openxava.jar in src/lib folder and web/WEB-INF/lib folder
• addons.jar in src/lib folder and web/WEB-INF/lib folder
• addons-pro.jar in web/WEB-INF/lib folder

Need any help with OpenXava? Have needs with advanced use cases / support?

• Contact us via sales@mahaswami.com