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13.3.2. Creating a Flex Application

To create a Flex application from a Maven archetype, execute the following command: 

$ mvn archetype:generate \
-DarchetypeRepository=http://repository.sonatype.org/content/groups/public\
-DarchetypeGroupId=org.sonatype.flexmojos \
-DarchetypeArtifactId=flexmojos-archetypes-application \
-DarchetypeVersion=3.5.0
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'.
[INFO] com.sonatype.maven.plugins: checking for updates from central
...
[INFO] [archetype:generate]
[INFO] Generating project in Interactive mode
[INFO] Archetype defined by properties
...
Define value for groupId: : org.sonatype.test
Define value for artifactId: : sample-application
Define value for version:  1.0-SNAPSHOT: : 1.0-SNAPSHOT
Define value for package:  org.sonatype.test: : org.sonatype.test 
Confirm properties configuration:
groupId: org.sonatype.test
artifactId: sample-library
version: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
package: org.sonatype.test
 Y: : Y
[INFO] Parameter: groupId, Value: org.sonatype.test
[INFO] Parameter: packageName, Value: org.sonatype.test
[INFO] Parameter: basedir, Value: /Users/Tim/flex-sample
[INFO] Parameter: package, Value: org.sonatype.test
[INFO] Parameter: version, Value: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] Parameter: artifactId, Value: sample-application
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL

If you look in the directory sample-application/ you will see the filesystem shown in Figure 13.5, “Directory Structure for Flex Application Archetype”.

Directory Structure for Flex Application Archetype

Figure 13.5. Directory Structure for Flex Application Archetype


Building an application from the Application archetype produces the following POM.

Example 13.7. POM for Flex Application Archetype

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 
                      http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <groupId>org.sonatype.test</groupId>
  <artifactId>sample-application</artifactId>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>swf</packaging>

  <name>sample-application Flex</name>

  <build>
    <sourceDirectory>src/main/flex</sourceDirectory>
    <testSourceDirectory>src/test/flex</testSourceDirectory>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.sonatype.flexmojos</groupId>
        <artifactId>flexmojos-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>3.5.0</version>
        <extensions>true</extensions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.adobe.flex.framework</groupId>
      <artifactId>flex-framework</artifactId>
      <version>3.2.0.3958</version>
      <type>pom</type>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.adobe.flexunit</groupId>
      <artifactId>flexunit</artifactId>
      <version>0.85</version>
      <type>swc</type>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>

  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>m2e</id>
      <activation>
        <property>
          <name>m2e.version</name>
        </property>
      </activation>
      <build>
        <plugins>
          <plugin>
            <groupId>org.maven.ide.eclipse</groupId>
            <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
            <version>0.9.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
            <configuration>
              <mappingId>customizable</mappingId>
              <configurators>
                <configurator 
     id='org.maven.ide.eclipse.configuration.flex.configurator' />
              </configurators>
              <mojoExecutions>
                <mojoExecution>
                  org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin::
                </mojoExecution>
              </mojoExecutions>
            </configuration>
          </plugin>
        </plugins>
        <pluginManagement>
          <plugins>
            <plugin>
              <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
              <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
              <version>2.4</version>
            </plugin>
          </plugins>
        </pluginManagement>
      </build>
    </profile>
  </profiles>

</project>

The difference between Example 13.7, “POM for Flex Application Archetype” and Example 13.4, “Project Object Model for Flex Library Archetype” is that the packaging element is swf instead of swc. By setting the packaging to swf, the project will produce a Flex application in target/sample-application-1.0-SNAPSHOT.swf. The sample application created by this archetype displays the Text "Hello World". Main.mxml can be found in src/main/flex.

Example 13.8. Sample Application Main.mxml

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute">
        <mx:Text text="Hello World!"/>
</mx:Application>

This application also creates a simple FlexUnit test that does nothing more than print out a trace message. The sample unit test is in src/test/flex/org/sonatype/test.

Example 13.9. Unit Test for Main.mxml

package org.sonatype.test 
{

        import flexunit.framework.TestCase;
        import Main;

        public class TestApp extends TestCase 
        {

                public function testNothing():void 
                {
                        //TODO un implemented
                        trace("Hello test"); 
                }
        }
}

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