tomcat8-maven-plugin ? (emphasis on the 8!)

Question

Is there a version 8 (tomcat8) of the below?

<build>
    <finalName>SampleServletFinalName</finalName>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
            <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.2</version>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

and corresponding

mvn tomcat7:run

maven search does not reveal anything

https://search.maven.org/classic/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3A%22org.apache.tomcat.maven%22

Answer 1

Unfortunately, the plugin is not yet ready but you can find some workarounds here : Tomcat 8 Maven Plugin for Java 8

Answer 2

Maybe the tomee-maven-plugin solves your problem as well:

  <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.tomee.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>tomee-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>7.1.1</version>
  </plugin>

The difference here is, that you wont get a Tomcat, but TomEE. You can compare them by looking at this matrix.

(Version 7.1.1 wraps a Tomcat 8.5.41)