Maven Project generated from Maven Archetype

Introduction

This project was created by the Sling Project Maven Archetype which created two modules:

1. core: OSGi Bundle which is deployed as OSGi Bundle to Sling which includes your Servlets, Filters, Sling Models and much more. This module is not intended to contain Sling Content.
2. ui.apps: JCR Content Module which is used to install a JCR Package into Sling by using Composum. For that it must be installed and the Composum Package Manager must be whitelisted.

There are also two more modules that provide some examples with the same name plus the .example extension. This modules should not be deployed as is but rather examples that you want to use should be copied to the core or ui.apps module. The structure of both modules are the same and so copying them over just be quite simple.

Attention:

Due to the way Apache Maven Archetypes work both example modules are added to the parent POM's module list. Please remove them after you created them to avoid the installation of these modules into Sling. At the end of the parent POM you will find the lines below. Remove the lines with core.example and ui.apps.example.

<modules>
    <module>core</module>
    <module>core.example</module>
    <module>ui.apps</module>
    <module>ui.apps.example</module>
</modules>

Why a JCR Package instead of a Content Bundle

There a several reasons to use a JCR Package instead of a Content Bundle but for the most important reason is that a JCR Package allows the Sling Tooling to update a single file rather than an entire Bundle and also to import a Node from Sling into the project.

Build and Installation

The project is built quite simple:

mvn clean install

To install the OSGi bundle use the project autoInstallBundle:

mvn clean install -P autoInstallBundle

To install the Content together with the core bundle use the project autoInstallPackage:

mvn clean install -P autoInstallPackage

ATTENTION

It is probably best to not deploy the OSGi Bundle alone as this may lead to conflicts with the package deployment.

In case of a mishape the package and bundles needs to deinstalled manullay:

1. Rmove /apps/${appsFolderName}/install folder
2. Uninstall the package using the package manager
3. Remove the package from /etc/packages including the snapshots if they are still there
4. Rmove the Bundle using the OSGi Console (/system/console/bundles)