Jim, The easiest way to work with wicket is to use maven. You can start by following the simple instructions listed here http://www.wicketeer.blogspot.com/
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Jim Goodwin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I've used Java and Eclipse for years but I'm a web-technology > newbie, trying to set up Wicket so I can learn some skills. > I hit a snag setting up. > > I'm trying to follow setup and configuration instructions given at > http://agileskills2.org/EWDW/Chapters1-2.pdf > > These instructions are a little out of date, but I was able to figure > out everything until (on page 30 of the text at that url, about 40% > down the web-page) it said: > > Next, modify the web.xml file in src/main/webapp/WEB-INF with the > following > content. This file is called the "deployment descriptor": > > <web-app ...> > <display-name>Archetype Created Web Application</display-name> > <filter> > <filter-name>WicketFilter</filter-name> > <filter-class>org.apache.wicket.protocol.http.WicketFilter</filter-class> > <init-param> > <param-name>applicationClassName</param-name> > <param-value>com.foo.myapp.MyApp</param-value> > </init-param> > </filter> > <filter-mapping> > <filter-name>WicketFilter</filter-name> > <url-pattern>/app/*</url-pattern> > </filter-mapping> > </web-app> > > FIRST PROBLEM: > > The instructions seem to assume that some previous step > would already have created /webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml under > src/main, but there is nothing under src/main except /java. > Nor do I find anything like web.xml anywhere in the project tree. > > So I created the directories and the web.xml file by hand, using the text > above except I just left out the "..." in the first tag. > > SECOND PROBLEM: > > The next instruction is to right-click the Tomcat instance in the Eclipse > "servers" view, and choose "Add/Remove" to add your app to the server > instance. The instructions show a screenshot in which the "Add/Remove" > command raises a dialog box with myapp listed among the choices. > > For me, the command just produces an alert saying there are no resources > that can be added or removed from the server. > > Any idea what I'm doing wrong? > > Any idea what previous step was supposed to have created > src/main/webapp/WEB-INF ? > Does that location look exactly right to you? > > And what is the Add/Remove command is really trying to do? i.e. especially, > where is it trying to read and write? > > > Thanks for any help > Jim > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
