I am trying to use the Java based appengine for a hobby project but I cannot get the hot reload/swap of my app to work when developing. I've tried several things but no luck.
pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<groupId>grocerymonkey</groupId>
<artifactId>grocerymonkeyapp</artifactId>
<properties>
<!-- uncomment if you wish to set your project here project- gcloud is used otherwise -->
<!-- <app.deploy.project>your-app-id</app.deploy.project> -->
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<maven.compiler.showDeprecation>true</maven.compiler.showDeprecation>
<archiveClasses>true</archiveClasses>
</properties>
<prerequisites>
<maven>3.5</maven>
</prerequisites>
<dependencies>
<!-- Compile/runtime dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-api-1.0-sdk</artifactId>
<version>1.9.59</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<type>jar</type>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>jstl</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Test Dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-testing</artifactId>
<version>1.9.59</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-api-stubs</artifactId>
<version>1.9.59</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-tools-sdk</artifactId>
<version>1.9.59</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.truth</groupId>
<artifactId>truth</artifactId>
<version>0.33</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.12</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
<version>2.0.2-beta</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
<version>2.8.5</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<!-- for hot reload of the web application-->
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}/WEB-INF/classes</outputDirectory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>display-dependency-updates</goal>
<goal>display-plugin-updates</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<excludes>
<exclude>javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api</exclude>
<exclude>com.google.guava:guava</exclude> <!-- avoid android version -->
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.6.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.20</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.6</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.4.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>enforce-maven</id>
<goals>
<goal>enforce</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<rules>
<requireMavenVersion>
<version>3.5</version>
</requireMavenVersion>
<requirePluginVersions>
<message>Best Practice is to always define plugin versions!</message>
<banLatest>true</banLatest>
<banRelease>true</banRelease>
<phases>clean,deploy,verify,appengine:run,appengine:deploy,appengine:update,appengine:devappaserver,site</phases>
</requirePluginVersions>
</rules>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<!-- https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/java/building-app/environment-setup //-->
<plugin>
<groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.3.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
<artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>9.4.14.v20181114</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
I cannot use mvh appengine:devserver, when I try I get the following error message
Could not find goal 'devserver' in plugin com.google.cloud.tools:appengine-maven-plugin:1.3.1 among available goals deploy, deployCron, deployDispatch, deployDos, deployIndex, deployQueue, genRepoInfoFile, help, run, stage, start, stop -> [Help 1]
I have tried setting fullscanseconds=5 and less but it doesn't matter if I change an HTML file or a servlet, I still have to stop the server and start it up again manually using mvn appengine:run. This makes it really, really time consuming to develop anything locally. I also tried using jetty, but this failed and then I realised appengine is apparently running on jetty when tested locally.
When I try to use jetty when developing I run into problems due to security constraints.
web.xml
<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</web-resource-collection>
<user-data-constraint>
<transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>
</user-data-constraint>
</security-constraint>
and jetty gives me a 403 error message.
