安装Grails CXF插件

Question

I am running Grails v2.4.0 and I have been trying to install the Grails CXF plugin for web services. I downloaded the .zip file for the plugin and then ran the grails install-plugin /path/to/zip. While trying to install, it gives me an error that it can't find this dependency : org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws:2.3.0 . The page where I downloaded this plugin mentions that everything required is in the zip. I can't use maven to download the required files automatically because my work location doesn't allow anything to be downloaded. Is there a list of files required to install CXF manually that I can reference?

Answer 1

Instead of using install-plugin you should add a dependency to the relevant section of your BuildConfig.groovy, and make sure the mavenCentral() repository is enabled. Uninstall the zip plugin you have already installed and then edit your BuildConfig:

grails.project.dependency.resolution = {
    // ...
    repositories {
        // other repositories as before
        mavenCentral()
    }

    plugins {
        // other plugins as before
        compile ":cxf:0.9.0"
    }
}

Answer 2

Since you can't download the transitive dependencies using Maven, you should be able to exclude them like this:

grails.project.dependency.resolution = {

plugins {

    compile ":cxf:0.9.0" {
       excludes([ group: 'org.apache.cxf', name: 'cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws']
       // you may need to exclude quite a few...
    }
}

Then download the dependency manually and put them in your lib directory. For instance, download the cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws from here: http://search.maven.org/#search|ga|1|g%3A%22org.apache.cxf%22%20AND%20a%3A%22cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws%22%20AND%20v%3A%222.3.0%22