The problem with this is that for Tomcat everything is a webapp so that's easy to guess which module typ eit is.
TomEE can manage jar, war and ear so we need something to distinguish them. The WEB-INF folder is enough (and i think the spec don't say it is optional). - Romain 2012/3/6 Neale Rudd <[email protected]> > Hi Romain, > > Yes - an empty WEB-INF folder works fine, and also it's no problem adding > a simple web.xml anyway. > > I'm more concerned with whether it will stay this way and if it's part of > the spec or not, as I'm making a list of differences for our customers if > they want to try TomEE. Naturally the closer it is to Tomcat's behaviour, > the easier it is for them to start using it. > > Best Regards, > Neale > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Romain Manni-Bucau" < > [email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 8:23 PM > Subject: Re: Missing web.xml file causes UnknownModuleTypeException > > > > Did you try putting an emtpy WEB-INF folder? >> >> - Romain >> >> >> 2012/3/6 Neale Rudd <[email protected]> >> >> Hi Guys, >>> >>> One of the apps we're trying on TomEE 1.0.0-beta-2 throws an >>> UnknownModuleTypeException when deploying, because it has no >>> WEB-INF/web.xml file. >>> >>> It's a simple static website (html, css, images). >>> >>> The docs I've read seem to indicate that web.xml is optional, and it's >>> definitely optional on Tomcat 7. >>> >>> Is this a difference with TomEE or a pending issue? >>> >>> I found another mail on the list from 9-Oct-2011 and TOMEE-27 on Jira but >>> it's marked as Fixed for 1.0.0-beta-2. >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> Neale Rudd >>> Metawerx Pty Ltd >>> http://www.metawerx.net >>> >>> >> >
