How can I copy XML into WEB-INF/classes during webapp build in Workshop?

Question

I am having difficulty performing what seems to be a simple task. I would like to move some XML configuration files from WEB-INF/src to WEB-INF/classes as part of the Workshop build. Unfortuantely, the class com.bea...WebAppBuildTask called from Ant only seems to know how to compile Java into the directory and to copy *.properties files. I am unable to find Javadoc on the class to see if there are configuration options. In addition, the actual location to which classes are compiled seems to be abstracted from me.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Scott

Answer 1

Create a custom build file for the project and add a ant tasks to move
the files. The ant tasks would look something like this:
<!-- copy all property and xml config files to root -->
<copy todir="${dest.path}" overwrite="true" flatten="true">
<fileset dir="${src.path}">
<exclude name="**/*build*.xml"/>
<exclude name="**/*ant*.xml"/>
<include name="**/*.properties"/>
<include name="**/*.xml"/>
</fileset>
</copy>
HTH
Tom
Few other options include...
Place the properties file in a java project, instead of a web-project :(
Load them as resources relative to WEB-INF :(
Add a dummy project, tell the dummy project to use your own ant file
that does the moving. Order your projects to do this dummy project
before the web project :(
Best regards...
I am having difficulty performing what seems to be a
simple task. I would like to move some XML
configuration files from WEB-INF/src to
WEB-INF/classes as part of the Workshop build.
Unfortuantely, the class com.bea...WebAppBuildTask
k called from Ant only seems to know how to compile
Java into the directory and to copy *.properties
files. I am unable to find Javadoc on the class to
see if there are configuration options. In addition,
the actual location to which classes are compiled
seems to be abstracted from me.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Scott
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