STS M2E 'Plugin execution not covered by lifecycle configuration" Error - Flex-Mojos

Question

I am trying to write my pom.xml for a multimodal flex application. I have been using this resource as an example:

http://www.sonatype.com/books/mvnref-book/reference/flex-dev-sect-creating-with-archetype.html

I am using M2E v1.01 but I am faced with a number of 'Plugin execution not covered by lifecycle configuration" errors. As far as I can see - there are no m2E connectors available to resolve this and I have tried all the Maven advice I can find - to include:

• Clean
• Update dependencies
• Update project configuration

The problem only occurs if the project is declared as swc or swf package. My next move to ask Eclipse to 'permanently mark goal as ignored' - which seems a little brash.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

With STS 2.8.0, we have upgraded m2eclipse to be version 1.0. However, this can cause a bit of trouble with existing projects. I wrote a blog on this a couple of months ago.

http://blog.springsource.org/2011/10/18/upgrading-maven-integration-for-springsource-tool-suite-2-8-0/

Essentially, the new architecture for m2eclipse requires that each maven plugin you use must be mapped to one Eclipse plugin to handle the plugin's execution inside of Eclipse. This obviously causes problems since not every maven plugin author has the knowledge or time to create also create and maintain an Eclipse plugin.

By marking the plugin as ignored, you are saying that the plugin should never be executed inside of Eclipse (implying that whenever you need it to be executed, you will do so from the command line). Once marked as ignored, you can then change it to execute, which means that it should always be executed whenever the associated lifecycle is performed in Eclipse. This may cause performance problems, and so only do it if you know the risks.

If all this is too much for you, then STS provides a downgrade option to revert to an older version of m2eclipse. Go to the Dashboard extensions page. Unfortunately, you will have to manually revert all changes to your .project and .classpath files (we provide an auto-upgrade mechanism, but not a downgrade mechanism...presumably everything is in version control).

Any questions or problems should be sent to the STS forums: http://forum.springsource.org/forumdisplay.php?32-SpringSource-Tool-Suite

Answer 2

You can check this alpha connector "Flex Maven Integration for Flash Builder" on the eclipse marketplace: http://marketplace.eclipse.org/node/648556.