Configuring a native COBOL project for Maven

1. Set the following environment variables:

   export COBDIR=/opt/microfocus/VisualCOBOL/bin/cobsetenv
   export COBOL_VERSION=<product-version>

   where <product-version> is the version of your current product; for example: 8.0.0, 9.0.0, etc...

   Note: If you have installed your product into a non-default directory, adjust the path accordingly.
2. Install mfant.jar into your Maven repository:

   mvn install:install-file -Dfile="$COBDIR/lib/mfant.jar" -DgroupId=com.microfocus.cobol.build -DartifactId=mfant -Dversion=$COBOL_VERSION -Dpackaging=jar

   After a successful build, mfant.jar is installed in your Maven repository ( /home/user-name/.m2, by default).

1. From COBOL Explorer, right-click the required project, point to New and select File.

   The Create New File dialog box is displayed.

2. In the File name field, type pom.xml, and then click Finish.

   The file is opened in the editor.

1. Add the base tags to identify the file as a POM, and then amend the example artifact details, as appropriate:

   <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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>com.mfcobolbook.cobol</groupId>
    <artifactId>MyMavenProject</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
    <build>
    </build>
   </project>

2. Before the <build> section, insert the <properties> section:

   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.output.dir>${project.basedir}/New_Configuration.bin</project.output.dir>  
    </properties>

3. If required, update the following properties, substituting the later part of the example value given:

   Property	Description
   <project.output.dir>	The output directory for your project.

4. Within the <build> tags, add the phases/goals, and dependency details:

   <plugins>
    <plugin>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
       <version>3.0.0</version>
       <executions>
        <execution>
         <id>build</id>
           <phase>compile</phase>
            <configuration>
             <target>
               <ant antfile="${project.basedir}/.cobolBuild" target="cobolbuild" />
             </target>
            </configuration>
            <goals>
             <goal>run</goal>
            </goals>
         </execution>
         <execution>
          <id>clean</id>
          <phase>clean</phase>
           <configuration>
            <target>
             <ant antfile="${project.basedir}/.cobolBuild" target="clean" />
            </target>
           </configuration>
           <goals>
            <goal>run</goal>
           </goals>
         </execution>
        </executions>
        <dependencies>
         <dependency>
          <groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>
          <artifactId>ant-contrib</artifactId>
          <version>1.0b3</version>
          <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
            <groupId>ant</groupId>
            <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
          </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.microfocus.cobol.build</groupId>
           <artifactId>mfant</artifactId>
           <version>8.0.0</version>
          </dependency>
         </dependencies>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
        <configuration>
         <skip>true</skip>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
     </plugins>

5. Press Ctrl + S to save the file.

A build is invoked and the results of the build are shown in <project.output.dir>.