This question strikes me as being the same as problem deploying project jar to running container that was started with maven cargo plugin. However the answer there is more than 12 years old. I want to see if there is a modern solution.
I have a multi-module Maven project with the structure
repo/pom.xml
- server/pom.xml
- integration/pom.xml
Originally the server we produced is a war file. In the integration module we have tests that target the server and validate it. To this end we use the cargo-maven3-plugin to start a tomcat container, deploy the war to Tomcat, and run the server on the local host.
Now we're refactoring the project to replace the war file with an embedded tomcat jar. i.e. Using the spring-boot-maven-plugin. In this new setup I want to persist the existing behaviour. Namely that maven launches the server and then runs the integration tests against the local host.
What is the best approach to achieving this? I've been experimenting with the spring-boot-maven-plugin but I'm getting weird errors with it. e.g.
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /Users/user/Development/project/integration/--spring.application.admin.enabled=true (No such file or directory)
Which approach is recommended here? Where can I find an example?