Build selenium-server-standalone executable jar - selenium

I did a patch in the HtmlUnitDriver.java file, as explained here:
Is it possible to ignore JavaScript exceptions when working with WebDriver (HtmlUnit, Ruby bindings)
I've followed the explanations on the selenium build wiki and in the readme, also the tip given here:
Building the Selenium Server Project
Still, I don't have a jar file like selenium-server-standalone-2.25.0.jar which can be run and used as a headless browser for selenium tests.
... So I'm trying to recreate the selenium-server-standalone-2.xx.jar file with my patch, and use it to run my headless tests.
Can anyone explain to me how to do this? Thanks!


The best way I found is to do:
go //java/server/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/server:server:uber //java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium:client-combined:uber
This will create a single jar for the selenium server
Then run go release.
The resulting .jar should be found in build\dist folder of the selenium source folder. (ex. ./build/java/server/src/org/openqa/grid/selenium/selenium-standalone.jar)
See also https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/wiki/Building-WebDriver#tips.


Here is a step by step building guide for selenium standalone server. The build process of selenium projects may be not so strait forward to newbies, so I recommend this detailed guide on how to create a runnable standalone jar.
http://shengwangi.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-to-build-selenium-from-source.html
Also you can refer to the official document on build selenium.
https://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/BuildingWebDriver#Building_Selenium_Server

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