Building Apache CXF source with the NetBeans IDE
The NetBeans IDE has native Maven support. This means that nothing needs to be setup to get things to work (i.e., downloading Maven plugins is not necessary).
Setting Maven Options
TODO: Explain setting MAVEN_OPTS relative to NetBeans.
Platform | Options |
|---|
Unix (e.g. Solaris/Linux) or Windows | -Xmx512M -XX:MaxPermSize=128M |
64 bit Unix/Windows and/or out-of-memory or PermGen space errors | MAVEN_OPTS=-Xmx768M -XX:MaxPermSize=192M |
64 bit Unix/Windows with JDK 1.6 (update 14 or later) | -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -Xmx512M -XX:+UseCompressedOops |
Building the source
Here are the steps to build Apache CXF source with NetBeans:
- Start NetBeans 7.0
- Open the Apache CXF project ( File->Open Project->[Find and Select Parent CXF POM] ). Click on the Open Project button.
- Select Tools->Options->Miscellaneous Icon->Maven Tab. In the "Global Execution Options:" edit box, add desired options (if any) followed by clicking OK:
Profile option | Description |
|---|
-Peverything | Builds everything including the distribution modules that are normally excluded and the sample projects. |
-Pnochecks | Builds CXF without running Checkstyle |
-Pfastinstall | Builds CXF without running Checkstyle or the tests |
Example: -Peverything,fastinstall
- Right click "Apache CXF" and select "Clean and Build".
