Maven Assist installation instructions

Maven Assist only works with Windows and Macs. If you want it to work with Linux or Something else, you want to enhance the FileUtils.java class.

To set up properly, You need the following environment variables set:

• M2_HOME - points to your maven installation directory
• M2 - points to your maven 'bin' directory (i.e. 'M2_HOME/bin')
• M2_REPO: points to your local maven repository directory that match your Nexus Repository Manager Configuration.

< localRepository> c:/my_maven_repo_location/repository< /localRepository>  
< profile>  
    < id> MyProfile < /id>   
    < repositories >  
        < repository >  
            < id > flexmojos < /id >   
            < name > Flex Repository < /name >   
            < url > http://repository.sonatype.org/content/groups/flexgroup/ < /url >  
        < /repository >   
        < repository >  
            < id > corprepo < /id >   
            < name > Corp Repository < /name >   
            < url > [your corp repository; somthing like - http://my_corp_repository/nexus/content/groups/public/] < /url >  
        < /repository >   
        < repository >  
            < id > corpDeplyRepo < /id >   
            < name > Corp Repo Release < /name >   
            < url > [your release repository; something like - http://my_corp_deploy_repository/nexus/content/repositories/releases] < /url >  
        < /repository >  
    < /repositories >  
< /profile > 

Depending on the deployment server configuration, deployment server info may be required.

< server > 
	< id > [deployment server] < /id > 
	< username > [deployment server user name] < /username > 
	< password > [deployment server password] < /password > 
< /server > 
< server > 
	< id > [snapshot deployment server] < /id > 
	< username > [snapshot deployment server user name] < /username > 
	< password > [snapshot deployment server password] < /password > 
< /server > 

You will also need to set the following values in the settings.xml file to use Tomcat plugins:

 < server > 
   < id > localTomcat < /id > 
   < username > [admin name] < /username > 
   < password > [admin password] < /password > 
 < /server > 

The plugin has several tabs, each one of which handles a different aspect of maven development

• Console Tab: Shows the maven activity. Clicking on a POM file in eclipse will cause Maven Assist to read it in. This will enable the other tabs. Once enabled, you can run saved commands by selecting the desired command from the "Commands" area on the right hand side of this plugin. It the command is not there, it can be added in the "New Commands" area
• Pom Tree: Shows the pom file as a tree. Clicking on "plugin" will show any help file for that plugin
• Effective Pom Tree: Shows the entire (implied) pom tree for a project. Clicking on "plugin" will show any help file for that plugin
• Repo:Navigator: Allows interactive navigation of repositories. To add a target, select it in the tree, and then click "Add Selected" and "Update Pom" in the Dependency Management section
• File Installer: Lets the user install (to the local repository) or deploy (to the corporate repository) a jar, swc, or swf that is not otherwise available.
• Create Project: Lets the user create a java or Flex project. The project can then be imported into Eclipse.
• User Settings: Shows where the various repositories that this plugin uses are located. Also allows the user to set them explicitly.
• Configuration: Shows where Maven Home is, enables/disables Eclipse integration (in other words, the automatic reading of the pom file when it is clicked in the Package Explorer), and shows the values for environment variables.