On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Holger Dewes wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > From: Richard Berger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > 2) Instead of exploding the jetspeed jar to \web-inf\classes
> > can i just include this like a library jar in the
> > web-inf\lib? <RB>Don't know.  My approach was to incorporate
> > my stuff into the Jetspeed framework, rather than just trying
> > to use jetspeed as a jar. It would be cool if #2 was
> > possible, but something tells me that it won't work
> > (disclaimer: I am real newbie at this)</RB>
>
> #2 is no problem. For the application server it makes no difference
> whether the classes are located in WEB-INF/classes or in a jar in
> WEB-INF/lib.
>
> I have a separate Eclipse project for my classes, all in packages of my
> own. For deployment, I unpack the jetspeed.war into a directory, copy my
> own stuff there (thereby overwriting some files) and then package
> everything into a .war file again. For the properties, I use the
> OverwriteProperties class as in the tutorial.
>
> The advantage is that it is a lot easier to switch to a new jetspeed
> version.

Absolutely. Coping directly with jetspeed's file layout can be a bit of
a pain. Having your source for each portlet laid out distinctly and a
slightly smarter deployment script pays huge dividends.

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