Why would a maven-war-plugin generate a JAR instead of a WAR?
maven, maven-3, maven-plugin, maven-war-plugin
Solution
packaging should be as below.
<packaging>war</packaging>
if it won't help then try binding your plug-in configuration with a lifecycle phase.
Problem
I am following this Contract first using CXF tutorial and while the resulting `pom.xml` generates sources and even completes build successfully, it fails to create a WAR file. Instead, it creates a JAR file. My understanding is that the part in the pom.xml that's responsible for creating the WAR is: ``` <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.1.1</version> <configuration> <outputDirectory>D:/path/to/profile/autodeploy</outputDirectory> </configuration> </plugin> ``` I don't see any `<goal>` or `<execution>` element there (unlike in the `build-helper-maven-plugin` one), but I also understand that with this plugin this is implied as even the official usage page demonstrates: ``` <project> ... <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.4</version> <configuration> <webappDirectory>/sample/servlet/container/deploy/directory</webappDirectory> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> ... </project> ``` So... what am I missing? What could possibly explain a `maven-war-plugin` that behaves in unexpected way like this and produces a JAR instead of a WAR by default? Is there a way to force it to produce a WAR?