On Sep 22, 2014, at 11:53 AM, Romain Manni-Bucau <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi guys, > > started to hack around tomee embedded and added in TOMEE-1355 the > ability to run the classpath as a flat webapp (test > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomee/tomee/trunk/tomee/tomee-embedded/src/test/java/org/apache/tomee/embedded/ClasspathAsWebappTest.java > , surely better than any words ;) - it uses deployPathsAsWebapp and > not deployClasspathAsWebApp cause we are in an excluded module but > user should rely on deployClasspathAsWebApp()). > > What do you think? Definitely worth exploring and fantastic to see more work in the embeddable container. For Java EE 7 I proposed we consider creating an "inverted" war format that was usable in a plain classloader. Giving the content top-level status in the archive and classes burried in a directory makes them unusable in a plain classloader. So instead of: archive/WEB-INF/classes/<classes> archive/<content> Some form of inverted structure that puts the classes back on top: archive/<classes> archive/WEB-INF/content/<content> Haven't yet thought of a directory name I like. Something about 'WEB-INF/content/' feels off, but you get the idea. Just like with collapsed ear, I suspect if we take a formal approach, documented it and support it consistently, it'll catch on and reach the standard. -David
