Maven: The Definitive Guide

The Simple Web Application Module

The simple-webapp module is the second submodule referenced in the simple-parent project. This web application project depends on the simple-weather module, and it contains some simple servlets that present the results of the Yahoo! Weather service query. See Example 6-4.

Example 6-4. simple-webapp module POM

<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>
  <parent>
    <groupId>org.sonatype.mavenbook.ch06</groupId>
    <artifactId>simple-parent</artifactId>
    <version>1.0</version>
  </parent>

  <artifactId>simple-webapp</artifactId>
  <packaging>war</packaging>
  <name>simple-webapp Maven Webapp</name>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
      <artifactId>geronimo-servlet_2.4_spec</artifactId>
      <version>1.1.1</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.sonatype.mavenbook.ch06</groupId>
      <artifactId>simple-weather</artifactId>
      <version>1.0</version>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
  <build>
    <finalName>simple-webapp</finalName>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>

This simple-weather module defines a very simple servlet that reads a zip code from an HTTP request, calls the WeatherService shown in Example 6-3, and prints the results to the response’s ...