Hi Steven, Have you checked this https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=176650 bugzilla entry? Is it what you are describing? -- Gorkem
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Steven Curtis <[email protected]> wrote: > I've done a bit of reading regarding exploded EAR deployment and how > it relates to Eclipse publishing capabilities. By exploded > deployment, I mean publishing an EAR by making a directory containing > all required resources available to the application server instead of > packaging the resources into an EAR file and then copying it to the > deployment directory of the application server. Oracle's OC4J J2EE > container supports this type of deployment. > > After examining the source of the > org.eclipse.jst.server.generic.core.internal.publishers package, I > propose adding a configuration option to the AntPublisher to allow for > the instantiation of a new type of ModuleAssembler that gathers all > the required resources into a directory structure, including any > participating WAR and EJB modules, and leaving all modules including > the root EAR application as directories instead of jaring them into > archive files. Subsequent publishing would then require synchronizing > modified resources with existing files in the target deployment > directory. Configuring deployment of the directory to the application > server would be left to the user, though this functionality could be > incorporated into the org.eclipse.jst.server.generic.oc4j package at a > later time. > > I've never done any serious Eclipse plugin development and I hope this > proposal doesn't sound too sophomoric, but I would appreciate any > comments or suggestions related to this proposal. e.g. whether or not > one person would be capable of its implementation, if it duplicates > efforts already underway, if the proposed functionality is too > specific to be included in the WTP project, etc. > > Thanks, > Steven Curtis > _______________________________________________ > wtp-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/wtp-dev > _______________________________________________ wtp-dev mailing list [email protected] https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/wtp-dev
