When working with Maven projects in Liferay IDE, you may encounter situations
where your project is missing required Maven properties.
Maven properties go missing when a Maven profile ID isn’t associated with the
project. A project’s creator may accidentally delete the profile ID from the
project or neglect to add one. Either way, Liferay IDE reports the missing
properties as errors in your pom.xml file’s editor. Liferay IDE’s Markers view
reports such errors in a section named Maven Configuration Problem.
Figure 1: Liferay IDE lets you know when your Maven project is missing required properties.
Liferay IDE, fortunately, provides a way to fix these problems: the Quick Fix tool. The Quick Fix tool lets you select or create a profile for your Maven project, so that your project can access the Maven properties it needs. This tutorial shows you how to address missing Maven properties using the Quick Fix tool. Read on to find out how!
Launching the Quick Fix Tool
The first thing you need to do is launch the Quick Fix tool. To do this, open the Maven Configuration Problem section of the Markers view in Liferay IDE. Then, right-click the error and select Quick Fix from the context menu. The following screenshot shows the Quick Fix option in the context menu:
Figure 2: To open the Quick Fix tool, right-click the error and select *Quick Fix* from the context menu.
The Quick Fix tool opens, showing you information about the error. The text of the error appears at the top of the window, followed by possible solutions. The panel at the bottom of the tool shows the file in which the error occurs. This screenshot shows the Quick Fix tool:
Figure 3: The Quick Fix tool presents you with information about Maven property errors and possible fixes.
In the case shown in the figure above, there are two fix options. Both options fix the error by attaching a Maven profile to the project. The fixes differ, however, in how they enable you to provide profiles: one solution lets you create a new profile, while the other lets you select from existing profiles available in your environment. The remainder of this tutorial explains how to use these options. The next section walks you through creating a new Maven profile using the Quick Fix tool.
Creating a New Maven Profile with the Quick Fix Tool
If you want to select an existing Maven profile for your project, you can skip this section. Otherwise, read on! To create a new Maven profile, select that option in the Quick Fix tool and click Finish. A new window opens letting you create the new profile. You are presented with options for selecting your Liferay runtime, profile ID, Liferay version, and profile location.
Figure 4: You can create a new Maven profile with the Quick Fix tool.
First, select your Liferay runtime from the menu. If you don’t have a Liferay
runtime configured or you wish to use a new one, click the new runtime icon to
the right of the Liferay runtime combo box. Next, enter an ID for your new
profile. A default Liferay version is selected for you automatically based on
your runtime. Make sure its Liferay version matches your runtime. Last but
certainly not least, select the location for your new profile. By default, your
project’s pom.xml is selected. Alternatively, you can select your local
settings.xml file. That’s it! Now just click OK, and the missing properties
error is gone!
Selecting an Existing Maven Profile with the Quick Fix Tool
To resolve missing Maven properties, the Quick Fix tool also lets you select existing Maven profiles to use with your project. To do this, select that option in the Quick Fix tool and click Finish. A new window pops up that shows your available profiles on the left and selected profiles on the right.
Figure 5: The Quick Fix tool also lets you pick existing Maven profiles to use with your project.
To select a profile to use, click it in the column on the left and then click the Move Right arrow between the two columns. This moves the profile into the column on the right, so your project can use it. If you move a profile to the column on the right by mistake, select it and then click the red X button on the right. This removes that profile from the right hand column. That’s all there is to it! Once you’ve selected the profiles you want to use, just click OK and your missing properties error disappears!
As you can see, the Quick Fix tool is aptly named. With just a few steps, it helps you create or find properties for your Maven project.
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