Eclipse Deployment Assembly does not appear in properties

Question

In a new project of mine I cannot see the Deployment Assembly link in the project properties. It is There in my other projects which are configured in the same way (as far as I can see).

I have dynamic web module and java in the facets. I have m2eclipse installed and invoked the menu option "update project configuration". I am running eclipse 3.7 EE edition. I have google eclipse plugin also.

What I want to know is how to get the deployment assembly option to appear so I can configure which resources are pushed out to local server through WTP.

My .project file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<projectDescription>
    <name>shortbread</name>
    <comment></comment>
    <projects>
    </projects>
    <buildSpec>
        <buildCommand>
            <name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
            <arguments>
            </arguments>
        </buildCommand>
        <buildCommand>
            <name>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.builder</name>
            <arguments>
            </arguments>
        </buildCommand>
        <buildCommand>
            <name>com.google.gdt.eclipse.core.webAppProjectValidator</name>
            <arguments>
            </arguments>
        </buildCommand>
        <buildCommand>
            <name>com.google.gwt.eclipse.core.gwtProjectValidator</name>
            <arguments>
            </arguments>
        </buildCommand>
        <buildCommand>
            <name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
            <arguments>
            </arguments>
        </buildCommand>
    </buildSpec>
    <natures>
        <nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
        <nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
        <nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.nature</nature>
        <nature>com.google.gwt.eclipse.core.gwtNature</nature>
    </natures>
</projectDescription>

Answer 1

Try to add <nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore.ModuleCoreNature</nature> to your .project file. The Plugin Spy (ALT+SHIFT+F1) is very helpful to find out stuff like that. The Property Page is defined in the plugin org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore.ui and in the plugin.xml file you can see, that the DeploymentAssemblyPage is enabledWhen the projectNature is org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore.ModuleCoreNature.

Answer 2

When I tried to add this config to the .project, I had the same problem that wharron, "Error Checking Project Facets", then I went to the "Project Facets" option of the build path , I choose a custom one, then checked the option "Utility Module", Applied and the next time I opened the build path the Deployment Assembly was there and working ok.