Does java maven spring really work with google app engine - maven

Question

I created a project testprojectapp using maven
mvn archetype:generate -Dappengine-version=1.9.18 -Dapplication-id=testprojectapp -Dfilter=com.google.appengine.archetypes:
my pom.xml is below
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<groupId>com.testprojectapp.app</groupId>
<artifactId>testprojectapp</artifactId>
<properties>
<appengine.app.version>1</appengine.app.version>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<prerequisites>
<maven>3.1.0</maven>
</prerequisites>
<dependencies>
<!-- Compile/runtime dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-api-1.0-sdk</artifactId>
<version>1.9.18</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>jstl</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Test Dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-testing</artifactId>
<version>1.9.18</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-api-stubs</artifactId>
<version>1.9.18</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<!-- for hot reload of the web application-->
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}/WEB-INF/classes</outputDirectory>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>display-dependency-updates</goal>
<goal>display-plugin-updates</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<version>3.1</version>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.7</source>
<target>1.7</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<configuration>
<archiveClasses>true</archiveClasses>
<webResources>
<!-- in order to interpolate version from pom into appengine-web.xml -->
<resource>
<directory>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF</directory>
<filtering>true</filtering>
<targetPath>WEB-INF</targetPath>
</resource>
</webResources>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.9.18</version>
<configuration>
<enableJarClasses>false</enableJarClasses>
<!-- Comment in the below snippet to bind to all IPs instead of just localhost -->
<!-- address>0.0.0.0</address>
<port>8080</port -->
<!-- Comment in the below snippet to enable local debugging with a remove debugger
like those included with Eclipse or IntelliJ -->
<!-- jvmFlags>
<jvmFlag>-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,address=8000,server=y,suspend=n</jvmFlag>
</jvmFlags -->
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</project>
Then i try to upload using mvn appengine:update
[INFO] Google App Engine Java SDK - Updating Application
[INFO]
[INFO] Retrieving Google App Engine Java SDK from Maven
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 3.638 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2015-03-18T12:59:03-07:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 19M/185M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal com.google.appengine:appengine-maven-plugin:1.9.18:update (default-cli) on project testprojectapp: Execution default-cli of goal com.google.appengine:appengine-maven-plugin:1.9.18:update failed. NoSuchElementException -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException
I have another spring based project that works well on local but get the same error while trying to upload the project. I saw similar threads without any answers. Can google or an expert please confirm if this kind of project (JAVA + MAVEN3.25 + SPRING 4 + Spring Security) is really possible on google apps or should I find another cloud platform. For all I know its just a trick by google to get us create trial accounts. Please help if there is anything wrong that i am doing here.
Below is my appengine-web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<appengine-web-app xmlns="http://appengine.google.com/ns/1.0">
<application>projectid</application>
<version>1</version>
<threadsafe>true</threadsafe>
<system-properties>
<property name="java.util.logging.config.file" value="WEB-INF/logging.properties"/>
</system-properties>
</appengine-web-app>
------------------UPDATE-------------
Alright maven and google app experts this one is for you guys. I included the pom.xml from this site
http://java-in-cloud.blogspot.com/2013/11/java-maven-gae-spring-and-vaadin-all.html
and I was able to build successfully google gave me the code and all. Below is my new pom.xml. It will be wonderful if someone could point out what I was missing or did wrong. Never worked on maven.
In the meantime I will find out if this works with the app I have and update what happens later.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<groupId>com.testprojectapp.app</groupId>
<artifactId>testprojectapp</artifactId>
<properties>
<appengine.app.version>1</appengine.app.version>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<prerequisites>
<maven>3.2.5</maven>
</prerequisites>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.7</source>
<target>1.7</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.5</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.7</source>
<target>1.7</target>
<complianceLevel>1.7</complianceLevel>
<aspectLibraries>
<aspectLibrary>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
</aspectLibrary>
</aspectLibraries>
<Xlint>warning</Xlint>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<configuration>
<archiveClasses>true</archiveClasses>
<webResources>
<!-- in order to interpolate version from pom into appengine-web.xml -->
<resource>
<directory>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF</directory>
<filtering>true</filtering>
<targetPath>WEB-INF</targetPath>
</resource>
</webResources>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.9.18</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<!-- Compile/runtime dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-api-1.0-sdk</artifactId>
<version>1.9.18</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>jstl</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
<version>1.7.3</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Test Dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-testing</artifactId>
<version>1.9.18</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-api-stubs</artifactId>
<version>1.9.18</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
Alright so I was able to upload my testapp test it and it works. Guess I'll have to go through maven so this doesn't happen again.
Any pointers will be helpful
Thank you