I fiddled a bit with it. I havn't found the time to play around more with it since a couple of weeks ago. So my memory might fail me on some of the more subtle points.
Anyways I managed to configure eclipse with the sysdeo tomcat plugin so I could debug the application directly from eclipse.
My goal was to be able to use the hot code replace feature in java 1.4 to shorten compile/test cycles dramatically. Just fix bugs in the debugger, ctrl+s, test. Instead of stop tomcat, fix bug, deploy, restart tomcat, test. I didn't find much time to play with it. But I suspect the CGLib that hibernate is using to cause a bigger reload of classes than I expected. I don't know. Bottom line is that it doesn't work for me yet.
Instead of creating a WAR file every time and deploy that to the tomcat install dir, I focused on generating a WAR file structure within the eclipse project.
I changed the build output folder to: appfuse/web/WEB-INF/classes
Then I added the contents attached (very very hacky) file. This adds a target local-deploy. Which will copy the generated files into the local web dir.
I used the WinMerge tool to compare with the generated deploy WAR to figure out which files should go where.
To make it all play nicely I also had to move the web/pages folder to web/WEB-INF/pages. The build script should of course be updated accordingly to work. But then again, adapting the WAR like file structure makes it a lot simpler to generate the WAR since all the contents are already in the right spots.
Finally I added the server.local.xml contents to my tomcat server.xml file so tomcat can see that I want to use a different location that tomcats default for my application. My appfuse is installed in d:\java\appfuse.
I hope this will help. I am sure there are much better and cleaner ways to achive all what I am trying to do.
I look forward to be educated!
/Lasse
<target name="local-deploy"
depends="init"
description="Copy resources and jars into the local web dir">
<!-- Copies necessary web JAR, XML and TLD files -->
<echo>Copying web JAR, XML and TLD files</echo>
<mkdir dir="${local.target}/WEB-INF"/>
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF">
<fileset dir="${struts.dir}" includes="*.xml"/>
<fileset dir="${strutsmenu.dir}/lib" includes="*.tld,*.xml"/>
</copy>
<mkdir dir="${local.target}/WEB-INF/lib"/>
<!-- Copy struts jars -->
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF/lib">
<fileset dir="${struts.dir}">
<include name="*.jar"/>
</fileset>
<fileset dir="${jstl.dir}/lib">
<include name="jstl.jar"/>
<include name="standard.jar"/>
</fileset>
</copy>
<!-- copy log4j jar -->
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF/lib" file="${log4j.jar}"/>
<!-- copy struts-menu -->
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF/lib" file="${strutsmenu.jar}"/>
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF/lib" file="${display.jar}"/>
<!-- copy hibernate -->
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF/lib" file="${hibernate.jar}"/>
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF/lib">
<fileset dir="${hibernate.dir}/lib">
<include name="odmg.jar" />
<include name="dom4j.jar" />
<include name="cglib*.jar" />
</fileset>
</copy>
<!-- copy state tag -->
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF/lib" file="${statetag.jar}"/>
<!-- copy country tag -->
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF/lib" file="${countrytag.jar}"/>
<!-- Copy .properties and .xml files from source directory -->
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF/classes" includeEmptyDirs="no">
<fileset dir="web/WEB-INF/classes">
<patternset>
<include name="**/*.properties"/>
<include name="**/*.xml"/>
<include name="**/*.ccf"/>
</patternset>
</fileset>
<filterset>
<filter token="HTTP-PORT" value="${http.port}"/>
<filter token="HTTPS-PORT" value="${https.port}"/>
<filter token="TOMCAT-SERVER" value="${tomcat.server}"/>
<filter token="APPNAME" value="${webapp.name}"/>
<filter token="ERROR-MAILTO" value="${error.mailTo}"/>
<filter token="ERROR-MAILHOST" value="${error.mailHost}"/>
<filter token="ERROR-SERVER" value="${error.server}"/>
</filterset>
<fileset dir="src/web">
<patternset>
<exclude name="**/*.xml"/>
<include name="**/*.properties"/>
</patternset>
</fileset>
</copy>
<!-- not in the WAR
<copy tofile="${local.target}/WEB-INF/classes/hibernate.properties"
file="database.properties" />
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF/classes"
file="mail.properties" />
-->
<!-- Copy *.txt files so they can be included in release notes -->
<copy todir="${local.target}">
<fileset dir="${basedir}">
<include name="*.txt"/>
</fileset>
</copy>
<!-- Used WinMerge to 'patch' the local web directory so it matched the files in the unpacked WAR -->
<!-- other files that seems to 'live' in the build dir are copied here -->
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF">
<fileset dir="${build.dir}/appfuse/WEB-INF" includes="appfuse.tld"/>
</copy>
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF">
<fileset dir="${build.dir}/appfuse/WEB-INF" includes="struts-config.xml"/>
</copy>
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF">
<fileset dir="${build.dir}/appfuse/WEB-INF" includes="validation.xml"/>
</copy>
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF/classes">
<fileset dir="${build.dir}/appfuse/WEB-INF/classes">
<patternset>
<include name="ApplicationResources.properties"/>
<include name="cactus.properties"/>
<include name="build.properties"/>
<include name="hibernate.cfg.xml"/>
<include name="log4j.properties"/>
<include name="UploadResources.properties"/>
</patternset>
</fileset>
</copy>
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF/classes">
<fileset dir="${build.dir}/ejb/gen/" includes="**/*.xml"/>
</copy>
<copy todir="${local.target}/WEB-INF">
<fileset dir="${build.dir}/web/WEB-INF" includes="web.xml"/>
</copy>
</target>
<!-- AppFuse Application Context -->
<Context
path="/appfuse"
docBase="D:\java\appfuse\web"
workDir="D:\java\appfuse\web\WEB-INF\jsp"
debug="99"
reloadable="true"
>
<Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger"
prefix="appfuse_log." suffix=".txt" timestamp="true"/>
<!--
<Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.JDBCRealm" debug="99"
driverName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
connectionURL="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/appfuse?autoReconnect=true"
connectionName="test" connectionPassword="test"
userTable="users" userNameCol="username" userCredCol="password"
userRoleTable="user_roles" roleNameCol="role_name" />
<Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.JNDIRealm" debug="99"
connectionName="cn=Manager,dc=raibledesigns,dc=com"
connectionPassword="secret"
connectionURL="ldap://drevil:389";
userPassword="userPassword"
userPattern="uid={0},ou=people,dc=raibledesigns,dc=com"
roleBase="ou=groups,dc=raibledesigns,dc=com"
roleName="cn"
roleSearch="(uniqueMember={0})" />
<Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.JAASRealm" debug="99"
appName="NTLogin"
userClassNames="com.tagish.auth.win32.NTPrincipal"
roleClassNames="com.tagish.auth.win32.NTPrincipal" />
-->
<Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.JDBCRealm" debug="99"
driverName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" digest="SHA"
connectionURL="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/appfuse?autoReconnect=true"
connectionName="test" connectionPassword="test"
userTable="app_user" userNameCol="username" userCredCol="password"
userRoleTable="user_role" roleNameCol="role_name" />
<Resource name="jdbc/appfuse" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource"/>
<ResourceParams name="jdbc/appfuse">
<parameter>
<name>factory</name>
<value>org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory</value>
</parameter>
<!-- Maximum number of dB connections in pool. Make sure you
configure your mysqld max_connections large enough to handle
all of your db connections. Set to 0 for no limit.
-->
<parameter>
<name>maxActive</name>
<value>100</value>
</parameter>
<!-- Maximum number of idle dB connections to retain in pool.
Set to 0 for no limit.
-->
<parameter>
<name>maxIdle</name>
<value>30</value>
</parameter>
<!-- Maximum time to wait for a dB connection to become available
in ms, in this example 10 seconds. An Exception is thrown if
this timeout is exceeded. Set to -1 to wait indefinitely.
-->
<parameter>
<name>maxWait</name>
<value>10000</value>
</parameter>
<!-- MySQL dB username and password for dB connections -->
<parameter>
<name>username</name>
<value>test</value>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<name>password</name>
<value>test</value>
</parameter>
<!-- Class name for mm.mysql JDBC driver -->
<parameter>
<name>driverClassName</name>
<value>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</value>
</parameter>
<!-- Autocommit setting. This setting is required to make
Hibernate work. Or you can remove calls to commit(). -->
<parameter>
<name>defaultAutoCommit</name>
<value>false</value>
</parameter>
<!-- The JDBC connection url for connecting to your MySQL dB.
The autoReconnect=true argument to the url makes sure that the
mm.mysql JDBC Driver will automatically reconnect if mysqld closed the
connection. mysqld by default closes idle connections after 8 hours.
-->
<parameter>
<name>url</name>
<value>jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/appfuse?autoReconnect=true</value>
</parameter>
<!-- Recover abandoned connections -->
<parameter>
<name>removeAbandoned</name>
<value>true</value>
</parameter>
<!-- Set the number of seconds a dB connection has been idle
before it is considered abandoned.
-->
<parameter>
<name>removeAbandonedTimeout</name>
<value>60</value>
</parameter>
<!-- Log a stack trace of the code which abandoned the dB
connection resources.
-->
<parameter>
<name>logAbandoned</name>
<value>true</value>
</parameter>
</ResourceParams>
<!-- This is not used at this time, but may be in the future -->
<Resource name="mail/Session" auth="Container" type="javax.mail.Session"/>
<ResourceParams name="mail/Session">
<parameter>
<name>mail.smtp.host</name>
<value>localhost</value>
</parameter>
</ResourceParams>
</Context>
