Hi Lillian, The cactifywar task takes a WAR file as input. Can you check this binary WAR file has a deployment descriptor (i.e. a WEB-INF/web.xml file)? Having the descriptor in src/conf/whatever will not help if this descriptor does not find its way to your application WAR... :-)
Thanks -Vincent > -----Original Message----- > From: Lillian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 April 2004 16:45 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Error: source file does not contain a deployment descriptor > > Hi > > I am currently using maven-cactus-plugin-3.1-SNAPSHOT. > > When I try to run the maven cactus:cactifywar on my project, it throws the > following error: > > cactus:compile: > [copy] Copying 1 file to > C:\pps\subprojects\util\target\test-cactus-classes > > cactus:cactifywar: > [cactifywar] Analyzing war: > C:\pps\subprojects\util\target\ppsfs-util.war > > BUILD FAILED > File...... file:/E:/maven/plugins/maven-cactus-plugin-3.1-SNAPSHOT/ > Element... cactifywar > Line...... 182 > Column.... 68 > The source file does not contain a deployment descriptor > Total time: 38 seconds > Finished at: Mon Apr 05 16:27:14 GMT+02:00 2004 > > I do have an empty web.xml in my /src/conf/deployment directory, as well > as > application.xml. > All the test class source files are pakaged in the /src/test-cactus > directory. I have tried the newest 1.6dev version as well, and it gave me > the same error. > > Can anyone help me out please? > > Regards, > Lillian > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
