> I was trying to think why I didn't do it this way. The reason I chose
> to do it my way was that when you modify a template, you have to run the
> maven war:webapp goal everytime - which, needless to say, is quite
> time-consuming. Is this what you do? Or do you modify the templates in
> the "in-situ" directory and copy the them back into the src directory?
> Or is there a better way?
I run war:webapp each time.... it's a small price to pay for a clean
directory structure, esspecially if you use the maven console plugin (then
it only takes 3 seconds or less). I'm pretty used to pressing the enter key
in the maven console after each source code change anyway :)
I only use the "modify-and-copy-back" approach if I have to solve some kind
of velocity problem or if I have a pure template developer work on the
templates for me.
As always, whatever works best for you is always "the right way" :)
Age
> Regards,
>
> - Dan Diephouse
>
> Age Mooy wrote:
> > I don't think it it very wise to compile to and work in the src/webapp
> > directory.... that is what the ${maven.build.dir}is for. The war:webapp
> > goal does exactly what you need, but it uses maven's own directory
> > structure standards.
> >
> > My src tree looks like this:
> >
> > src
> > +java
> > +schema (used by the Torque plugin)
> > +test
> > +webapp
> > +logs
> > +resources
> > +templates
> > +WEB-INF
> > +conf
> > web.xml
> >
> > If you run the war:webapp goal with this kind of src dir structure it
> > will generate a complete webapp directory structure under
> > ${maven.build.dir}/${pom.id} for you, including the compiled classes and
> > the dependent lib files.
> > This directory structure is an exact copy of what would apear inside the
> > generated war if you ran the war:war goal.
> >
> > You can point tomcat at the new webapp dir in your target directory and
> > keep you src dirs clean...
> >
> > You can customize this with preGoals and postGoals if you'd rather store
> > the conf dir in src/conf, etc.
> >
> > Age
> >
> > PS
> > All of this is available in maven beta 7
>
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