[Question] How to get the plugin to use a specific bindAddress ?

[ffrancois465]

Hi,

I am working with the gwt-maven-plugin using an embedded jetty server for my project. Migrating from another commonly used plugin I was able to set the bindAddress within the plugin configuration (using the bindAddress parameter). Now this parameter has disappeared and I am facing issues with the codeServer.
To be more precise about the context : I am developing using a Windows computer, but for ease of use I installed all my IDEs inside a WSL container, which prevents any Windows/Linux file systems incompatibility issues when sharing code with my colleagues. Since we migrated to this plugin, my Windows web browser cannot contact the code server and I cannot use the application this way. By changing the bind address to 0.0.0.0 with the previous plugin I was able to make it work.

Is there any way to specify the bind address in coderserver configuration so that not only localhost or 127.0.0.1 is usable ?

[tbroyer]

See the Migrating from Mojo's Maven Plugin for GWT documentation:

Finally, the way you configure the plugin is much different: the Maven Plugin for GWT has few properties, and arguments are passed to GWT explicitly through list properties (<compilerArgs> et al.)

All arguments to GWT tools can be passed through the appropriate properties:

• compilerArgs for the compiler arguments,
• devmodeArgs for the DevMode arguments, and
• codeserverArgs for the CodeServer arguments

So:

<plugin>
  <groupId>net.ltgt.gwt.maven</groupId>
  <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <configuration>
    <!-- … -->
    <devmodeArgs>
      <arg>-bindAddress</arg><arg>0.0.0.0</arg>
    </devmodeArgs>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

And if you want to be able to control it from the command line, use a Maven property and/or a profile (in which case combine.children="append" can prove useful)