Thanks for the clarification. I personally don't see a pressing need for this
feature. I was just wondering if it was available. We've already learned to
work with how things are, and it is turning out just fine.

Thanks again



Eugene Kuleshov wrote:
> 
> 
>   Technically, src/main/webapp is not a resource folder and it shouldn't 
> be used as Java source folder because its content will be copied into 
> the classpath and we don't want that.
> 
>   So, this is strictly about presentation and it sounds like proposed 
> change is trying to work around limitations of "Package Explorer" and 
> "Project Explorer" views. For instance add src/main/webapp as a source 
> folder and exclude all its content, slomething like this in .classpath:
> 
>     <classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" path="src/main/webapp"/>
> 
>   I am not sure if it is a good idea to use hack like this, but if users 
> think it would make their life better, we probably should implement it.
> 
>   So, if you would like to see this feature, please submit an 
> enhancement request and vote on it. Also, if someone would want to work 
> on implementation of this feature we will gladly accept the patch and 
> will give a pointers to help implementing it.
> 
>   Thanks
> 
>   Eugene
> 
> 
> delsvr wrote:
>> Not quite. Sorry, I wasn't being too clear. The webapp is already a
>> source
>> folder. It's just nested within the /src directory and not aliased at the
>> top-level of Eclipse's Project Explorer.
>>
>> My Eclipse Project Explorer currently looks like:
>>
>> app
>> |- Deployment Descriptor: ...
>> |- Java Resources
>>   |- src/main/java
>>   |- src/test/java
>>   |- src/main/resources
>>   |- src/test/resources
>>   |- Libraries
>> |- src
>>   |- main
>>     |- java
>>     |- resources
>>     |- webapp
>>   |- test
>>   |- ...
>>
>> There are aliases under "Java Resources" to certain directories. I'd like
>> to
>> add an alias to "src/main/webapp", mainly because the directory tree of
>> our
>> "webapp" is complicated and could benefit from losing 1-2 nests. It's
>> also
>> nice to have that directory higher up the Project Explorer, as it's
>> accessed
>> frequently.
>>
>> I hope that clarifies things.
>>
>> I don't think I should have to modify any versioned files (pom.xml), as
>> this
>> is just how a developer likes to view his project, and the project
>> already
>> builds (with maven) perfectly.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Carlus Henry wrote:
>>   
>>> If I am understanding you correctly, you are interested in having the
>>> "src/main/webapp", folder be a source folder, buy you are running into
>>> problems when you try to do it through Eclipse, since the .classpath
>>> file
>>> is
>>> being managed by the m2eclipse plugin.
>>>
>>> If this is the case, you can try telling m2eclipse, through the pom,
>>> that
>>> the "src/main/webapp" folder should be considred a Java Source folder
>>> similar to the "src/main/java" and "src/test/java".  One way to
>>> accomplish
>>> this is to add the "src/main/webapp" to the resources section of your
>>> pom.xml file, similar to the following:
>>> ...
>>> <build>
>>> ...
>>> <resources>
>>> ...
>>>   <resource>
>>>     <directory>src/main/webapp</directory>
>>>   </resource>
>>> </resources>
>>> </build>
>>>
>>>
>>> I hope this helps....
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Carlus
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 1:52 AM, delsvr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>     
>>>> I'm using m2eclipse 0.9.4.20080603-0114, and I really enjoy it except
>>>> for
>>>> one
>>>> thing:
>>>>
>>>> There is a "Java Resources" folder that puts a few of the folders under
>>>> /src
>>>> in the top-level of the project, making their contents easily
>>>> accessible
>>>> (/src/main/java, /src/test/java, etc.); however, I'm having trouble
>>>> customizing what gets included here. Namely, I'd like to have the
>>>> "/src/main/webapp" folder at the top-level too, but if I add it as a
>>>> "Source
>>>> Folder" under Java Resources, it seems to change some classpath because
>>>> my
>>>> application will fail.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to have a "Web Resources" top-level directory that
>>>> includes
>>>> the jsp's, WEB-INF, etc. that are under "/src/main/webapp"?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
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