`Resolve Workspace artifacts` does not work Follow

This issue is not specific to IntelliJ IDEA, you will get the same error when running this goal from the command line Maven.

IDEA resolves the dependencies correctly and configures the artifact with your common module:


If you start Tomcat via the corresponding run/debug configuration and deploy this artifact, everything works:

Do you mean that I can not use the `tomcat7-maven` plugin? And I have to use a local tomcat instance instead?

And I tried it following by your screenshot, and it works, once I modify the codes in the common module, and restart the server, refresh the page, I will see the new information.

But I found this post:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26213254/maven-tomcat7run-for-multi-module-project-in-intellij


Seems like idea can work with `tomcat7` plugin.

Is this possible? Since  we prefer to use the embeded tomcat.

The followign Maven configuration works without errors for me:



It looks like you didn't add the Make Project step as instructed.

Fine, it works now, I forget to add the `Make Project` to the before dialog. :)

Now after I set the  `Resolve workspace artifacts`,



the `war` module can resolve the `common` module without install the `common` module, however I found that it can not find the `Spring WebApplicationInitializer `.(I have not web.xml defined, use `WebApplicationInitializer` instead)


That's to say, once I run the following commands:

mvn clean install
mvn tomcat7:run

Spring can be intialized correctly.



While once I run the `mvn tomcat7:run` with the `Resolve workspace artifacts`, it logs: No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath