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Published Jul. 2, 2025

Build error while doing buildService

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Anishq Sharma

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Issue

  • User gets below error when doing buildService outside the *-service module:
    FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Some problems were found with the configuration of task ':modules:xxxx:buildService' (type 'BuildServiceTask').
> File '/.../service.xml' specified for property 'inputFile' does not exist.
> No value has been specified for property 'apiDir'.

Environment

  • Liferay Developer Studio

Resolution

  • This was a deliberate change where the directory where users will need to run buildService and buildREST has been changed to be more specific. However, as a workaround, instead of the parent project, try to run the buildService command inside of *-service module, then build the complete project.

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