Cannot start up fitnesse using maven exec plugin

[haroon-sheikh]

Below is the error I get when I attempt to run fitnesse using maven exec plugin instead of ant exec plugin described here http://blog.xebia.com/fitnesse-and-dependency-management-with-maven/#comment-1094331

[INFO] --- exec-maven-plugin:1.4.0:java (default) @ fitnesse ---
Feb 25, 2016 7:40:44 PM fitnesse.plugins.PropertyBasedPluginFeatureFactory$2 register
INFO: Loaded SymbolType fitnesse.wikitext.widgets.MavenClasspathSymbolType
Bootstrapping FitNesse, the fully integrated standalone wiki and acceptance testing framework.
Feb 25, 2016 7:40:44 PM fitnesseMain.FitNesseMain logStartupInfo
INFO: root page: fitnesse.wiki.fs.FileSystemPage at ./FitNesse/DevelopmentTestRoot#latest
Feb 25, 2016 7:40:44 PM fitnesseMain.FitNesseMain logStartupInfo
INFO: logger: none
Feb 25, 2016 7:40:44 PM fitnesseMain.FitNesseMain logStartupInfo
INFO: authenticator: fitnesse.authentication.PromiscuousAuthenticator
Feb 25, 2016 7:40:44 PM fitnesseMain.FitNesseMain logStartupInfo
INFO: page factory: fitnesse.html.template.PageFactory
Feb 25, 2016 7:40:44 PM fitnesseMain.FitNesseMain logStartupInfo
INFO: page theme: bootstrap
Feb 25, 2016 7:40:44 PM fitnesseMain.FitNesseMain logStartupInfo
INFO: Starting FitNesse on port: 8082
java.io.FileNotFoundException: Could not load resource: Resources/updateList
    at fitnesse.updates.FileUpdate.copyResource(FileUpdate.java:54)
    at fitnesse.updates.FileUpdate.doUpdate(FileUpdate.java:28)
    at fitnesse.updates.UpdaterImplementation.getUpdateFilesFromJarFile(UpdaterImplementation.java:74)
    at fitnesse.updates.UpdaterImplementation.createUpdateAndDoNotCopyOverLists(UpdaterImplementation.java:65)
    at fitnesse.updates.UpdaterImplementation.<init>(UpdaterImplementation.java:22)
    at fitnesseMain.FitNesseMain.update(FitNesseMain.java:80)
    at fitnesseMain.FitNesseMain.launchFitNesse(FitNesseMain.java:69)
    at fitnesseMain.FitNesseMain.launchFitNesse(FitNesseMain.java:54)
    at fitnesseMain.FitNesseMain.main(FitNesseMain.java:34)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483)
    at org.codehaus.mojo.exec.ExecJavaMojo$1.run(ExecJavaMojo.java:293)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

And that's how my maven configuration looks like

<plugin>
          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
          <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>1.4.0</version>
          <executions>
          <execution>
            <phase>test</phase>  
            <goals>
              <goal>java</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
          <configuration>
            <mainClass>fitnesseMain.FitNesseMain</mainClass>
            <arguments>
              <argument>-r</argument>
              <argument>${fitnesse.root}</argument>
              <argument>-p</argument>
              <argument>${port}</argument>
            </arguments>
          </configuration>
        </plugin>
      </plugins>

Can someone please advise?

[amolenaar]

Thanks for reporting!

Found it: The files are looked up by calling ClassLoader.getSystemResource(resource). Maven is probably loading it in another class loader (and rightly so).

I'll change that line to use the same class loader that's used to load the FileUpdate class.

You can obtain an edge build or use the -o flag until the next release.

[haroon-sheikh]

Thanks @amolenaar for looking into this. I'll use the -o for now as suggested.

[micw]

Same issue still exists in fitnesse.updates.WikiContentUpdater.parseResource(String)