DXA 1.5 (java) build error

Question

I tried to build DXA 1.5 distribution these days, but it has errors like below:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal on project cea-webapp: Could not resolve dependencies for project com.cea.dxa:cea-webapp:war:1.0-SNAPSHOT: Failed to collect dependencies at com.sdl.dxa:dxa-web8-provider:jar:1.5.0 -> com.sdl.web:cil:pom:8.2.0-1011 -> com.sdl.web:xo-client:jar:8.2.0 -> com.sdl.web:content-client-api:jar:8.2.0-1008: Failed to read artifact descriptor for com.sdl.web:content-client-api:jar:8.2.0-1008: Could not transfer artifact com.sdl.web:content-client-api:pom:8.2.0-1008 from/to local-project-repo (file:///${project.basedir}/../../local-project-repo): Repository path /${project.basedir}/../../local-project-repo does not exist, and cannot be created.

my steps to build my solution are:

1. download dxa-web-application-java-release-1.5 from github

2. run gradlew.sh

3. generate my web application cea-webapp by using dxa-webapp-archetype

4. Add dependencies into pom of cea-webapp, such as dxa common api, dxa existing modules, spring related,

5. build cea-webapp. when building it, error occurs as above.

Can anybody tell me what's wrong with me?

Answer 1

It tries to get a dependency com.sdl.web:content-client-api:jar:8.2.0-1008 which doesn't exist in Maven Central. com.sdl.web:xo-client:jar:8.2.0 is dependent on it. The problem can be workarounded if you specify an explicit dependency in your Webapp's pom.xml.

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.sdl.web</groupId>
    <artifactId>content-client-api</artifactId>
    <version>8.2.0-1009</version>
</dependency>

It that's not enough, also exclude it from CIL.

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.sdl.web</groupId>
    <artifactId>cil</artifactId>
    <type>pom</type>
    <exclusions>
        <exclusion>
            <groupId>com.sdl.web</groupId>
            <artifactId>content-client-api</artifactId>
        </exclusion>
    </exclusions>
</dependency>

UPDATE:

The issue with content-client-api is fixed and 1008 version is now available in Maven Central. http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails%7Ccom.sdl.web%7Ccontent-client-api%7C8.2.0-1008%7Cjar

If it doesn't resolve, try cleaning your Maven repository, the previous attempt may be cached.

Answer 2

I have seen errors like Repository path /${project.basedir}/../../local-project-repo does not exist, and cannot be created. before when building on a Mac. Try to add a local-project-repo repo to your pom and point it to an existing empty directory.

add this to your pom

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>local-project-repo</id>
        <url>file:///${project.basedir}/local-project-repo</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>