I have a separate goal that just copies the templates over.
-Kurt
On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Age Mooy wrote:
>
> > 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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