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  1. JBoss BRMS Platform
  2. RHBRMS-1480

Not much friendly maven error message appears when there is some problem with project (e.g. with dependencies)

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      Summary: A simple error with a Project (for example, missing dependencies) can cause an unfriendly Maven error message being provided to the user, with no details of the actual error.

      Cause:
      1.- Depedency fields were not mandatory
      2.- Adding a non existing depedency manually produced a ugly exception to the client.

      Consequence: Poor feedback to the client.

      Fix:
      1.- Depedency fields are now mandatory
      2.- Adding a non existing dependecy produces a friendly error in the user console, no exception is thrown to the client.

      Result: Improved feedback to the user about the error.
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      Summary: A simple error with a Project (for example, missing dependencies) can cause an unfriendly Maven error message being provided to the user, with no details of the actual error. Cause: 1.- Depedency fields were not mandatory 2.- Adding a non existing depedency manually produced a ugly exception to the client. Consequence: Poor feedback to the client. Fix: 1.- Depedency fields are now mandatory 2.- Adding a non existing dependecy produces a friendly error in the user console, no exception is thrown to the client. Result: Improved feedback to the user about the error.

      Description of problem:
      Look at the screen shot. This error message provides no help to user without knowledge what is maven, pom.xml and how it works. It says what's wrong in pom.xml - which is some file the user shouldn't have to know it's connected with this screen. And it's very easy to get this error, see the following steps.

      steps to reproduce:
      1. open any project
      2. navigate to Project Screen -> dependencies
      3. add dependency (custom one, not from repository)
      4. fill in only artifactId
      5. save, build & deploy

      version:
      BRMS-6.0.0.ER2

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              romartin@redhat.com Roger Martinez
              rsynek@redhat.com Radovan Synek (Inactive)
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              rhn-support-ceverson Clark Everson
              Radovan Synek Radovan Synek (Inactive)
              Radovan Synek Radovan Synek (Inactive)
              etirelli, Marek Winkler (Inactive), paradhya2, Pedro Zapata Fernandez, Radovan Synek (Inactive), Rajesh Rajasekaran, roger.martinez, Vikram Goyal (Inactive)

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