Maven Failure during the build: assembly.xml file needed

[karl_harris_]

I'm attempting to build a bundle using the Nuxeo IDE.

Everything seemed to install and configure correctly, however when I manually try to run maven on the POM file I get and error about maven looking for an assembly.xml file. I have not been able to find any reference to the appropriate assembly.xml configuration file layout/format. I understand what the assembly.xml file does so I don't need a definition, I need a reference to what it should contain if it is needed for Nuxeo dm.

Is this file needed? Or have I set up something incorrectly in the Nuxeo IDE setup?

Log of maven run and POM file follow:

[karl@BES nuxeo-platform-zaxis-mail-web]$ 
[karl@BES nuxeo-platform-zaxis-mail-web]$ mvn clean install
Warning: JAVA_HOME environment variable is not set.
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
... etc ...
[INFO] [jar:jar {execution: default-jar}]
[INFO] Building jar: /home/karl/Desktop/nuxbundle/workspace/nuxeo-platform-zaxis-mail-web/target/nuxeo-zaxis-zmail-5.4.2-I20110404_0115.jar
[INFO] [nuxeo-distribution-tools:build {execution: packaging}]

BUILD FAILED
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /home/karl/Desktop/nuxbundle/workspace/nuxeo-platform-zaxis-mail-web/src/main/assemble/assembly.xml (No such file or directory)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:137)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.ProjectHelper2.parse(ProjectHelper2.java:190)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.ProjectHelper2.parse(ProjectHelper2.java:140)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(ProjectHelper.java:93)
        at org.nuxeo.build.ant.AntClient.run(AntClient.java:139)
        at org.nuxeo.build.ant.AntClient.run(AntClient.java:87)
        at org.nuxeo.build.maven.AntBuildMojo.execute(AntBuildMojo.java:242)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:490)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:694)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalWithLifecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:556)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:535)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:387)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:348)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:180)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:328)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:138)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:362)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.compat.CompatibleMain.main(CompatibleMain.java:60)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
... etc ...

Here is the POM file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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.nuxeo.ecm.distribution</groupId>
    <artifactId>nuxeo-distribution-tomcat</artifactId>
    <version>5.4.2-I20110404_0115</version>
  </parent>

  <packaging>jar</packaging>
  <groupId>nuxeo-platform-mygroup</groupId>
  <artifactId>nuxeo-myproject</artifactId>
  
  <dependencies>
    ... my dependencies ...    
  </dependencies>
  
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <additionalProjectnatures>
            <projectnature>org.nuxeo.ide.NuxeoNature</projectnature>
          </additionalProjectnatures>
          <classpathContainers>
            <classpathContainer>org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER</classpathContainer>
            <classpathContainer>org.nuxeo.ide.SDK_CONTAINER</classpathContainer>
            <classpathContainer>org.nuxeo.ide.SDK_TEST_CONTAINER</classpathContainer>
          </classpathContainers>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
  
  <repositories>
    <repository>
      <id>public</id>
      <url>http://maven.nuxeo.org/nexus/content/groups/public</url>
      <releases>
        <enabled>true</enabled>
      </releases>
      <snapshots>
        <enabled>false</enabled>
      </snapshots>
    </repository>
    <repository>
      <id>public-snapshot</id>
      <url>http://maven.nuxeo.org/nexus/content/groups/public-snapshot</url>
      <releases>
        <enabled>false</enabled>
      </releases>
      <snapshots>
        <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
        <enabled>true</enabled>
      </snapshots>
    </repository>
  </repositories>
</project>

[Nelson_Silva · Accepted solution]

You have the wrong parent project.

The nuxeo-distribution-tomcat project uses nuxeo's distribution tools to package a whole distribution, not a single bundle, and it uses the assembly.xml to define a set of ant targets for building the dist dir.

Just use nuxeo-features-parent as parent and everything should work:

  <parent>
    <groupId>org.nuxeo.ecm.platform</groupId>
    <artifactId>nuxeo-features-parent</artifactId>
    <version>5.5</version>
  </parent>

You should probably take a look at some sample projects like this or use Nuxeo IDE.