Is web-inf/classes like a exploded jar file?

ie, can it make sense to have an ejb-jar.xml in the web-inf/classes directory of a war file?
Petstore has one!
Thanks
Martin

Unless I'm mistaken, yes, you could think of it this way.
In development, I usually compile things to WEB-INF/classes (and put .xml and .properties files there too) and when everything works, make a .jar of it.
Hope this helps.
Patrick

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WorkShop 3.2.0 - WEB-INF/classes not included in war file

I've created the "Faces Example" project in Workshop Studio 3.2.0 and it's running fine. However, when I export the war file to run it on another server the class files located at "WEB-INF/classes" are not included with the war.
Any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.
thks!

Unfortunately no, the issue with output folder being ignored occurs only with example apps bundled with Workshop product.
You can try the following workaround:
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JARs in WEB-INF/classes on the classpath? [NEWBIE]

Hello,
I am under the impression that any files (including JARs and all within
them) are on the classpath if they are in the folder WEB-INF/classes.
I have a WAR file that contains a JAR file that in the WEB-INF/classes
folder. The JAR file contains a class under the package structure
"mvc.users.Members". I know its there as I checked the WAR file structure
before deploying.
In the WAR file I have a Struts RegisterAction class in the package/folder
"mvc.registration.RegisterAction" which has the following code to create a
Member object:
Member member = new Member();The Member class is imported into RegisterAction using
import mvc.users.Members;and JBuilder appears to recognise Members as on the classpath and compiles
with no errors.
My problem is after I have deployed the WAR file, submitting a form to the
RegisterAction gets the error below:
javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet execution threw an exception:
root cause:
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        mvc.registration.RegisterAction.execute(RegisterAction.java:22)
        org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:484)
        org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:274)
        org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1482)
        org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:525)
        javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:763)
        javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856)If the class "mvc.users.Member" is in the JAR file in the WEB-INF/classes
folder and the "mvc.registration.RegisterAction" class in the WAR file
does (according to JBuilder) see the "mvc.users.Member" class on the
classpath and compiles... why then do I get this error?
Thanks for your help.
A Desperate Newbie,
Mark

I answered this in the JSP forum - you need to put JAR files in WEB-INF/lib.

JAR in a WAR Classloading a .class from the WARs web-inf/class

A little backround on my environment:
I have a jar that contains some common functionality (common.jar) that is shared among all my web apps. There is a scheduler function in the JAR that queries the applications datasource for schedules to run. Each schedule contains a class that implements the interface ScheduleCommand and has an execute method. The ScheduleManager get the list of schedules from the db and uses a classloader to load the schedule command and call the execute method.
ScheduleCommand cmd = (ScheduleCommand) Class.forName(scheduleCommands.getClassName()).newInstance();
The issue:
I have some common schedule command in the common.jar like clean temp folder, monitor memory, etc. I also want to be able to include additional schedule commands in the WAR that are unique to that web app.
WAR
--web-inf
----classes
------CustomScheduleCommand.class
----lib
------common.jar
When I do this however the ScheduleManager in the common.jar is not able to find the CustomScheduleCommand.class in the WAR�s web-inf/classes. Do I need to use a different classloader or do I need to add a classpath to the manifest of the WAR?

Hi Michael,
there are diffrent options to do this, depending on whats needs to be achieved.
a) Easiest way (but only possible, if no action has to go back to your template): Create an RRI-Jump-Target to your ABAP report
b) Also only possible when no additional interaction on your template has to take place: Create a bsp and call the bsp when clicking on the button. Advantage in comparison to a) you could get a new window with for example a sucess or error message
c) Use an own helpservice class. Now this as you have seen can get more complex, as interaction with your webtemplate can take place. In principal you need to create a class inherit from cl_rsr_www_help_window and overwrite the process_cmd method. Now you can paste your coding inside and you are finished (when you register the help service class to a web item).
Heike

Accessing classes in web-inf/classes within JSP

hi,
i know this is probably a very basic question..or nobody would ever do something like this..but I'mn curious:
i have a class Car.class in the WEB-INF/classes directory and I want to access it from withing JSP : <% Car c = new Car(); %>
the problem is that the server tries to load the class from the package : org.apache.jsp.Car ! when putting car into an own package like my.Car then it works.. but how do i get it working without putting it into a separate package?!
thx

You could try packaging it in a jar, and placing the jar in WEB-INF/lib... I have no idea if that will help, but when you're debugging, you have to be willing to try anything.. :)

WEB-INF/classes not searched?

I am developing an Struts application.
During development I just want to have my Actions and all other files in the projects package strukture, so I compile the classes to the WEB-INF/classes directory and ends up with a structure like
WEB-INF/classes/dk.acompagny.anapplication.viewcontroller.MyAction.class.
I find the compiled class in the directory structure but OC4J does not find it. Instead I get a runtime error like:
SEVERE: No action instance for path /login could be created
oracle.classloader.util.AnnotatedClassNotFoundException:
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JDev lists the path it searches an the WEB-INF/classes directory is not listed. However, it finds my jsp pages and the default behavior of OC4J should be to search the WEB-INF/classes path.
Am I missing some configuration set?
Regards Flemming

Forget it, I found the error: I have to learn to spell!

Accessing file directory objects in 9.1 and /WEB-INF/classes zip

It appears that in WebLogic 9.1 that the contents of the /WEB-INF/classes directory is being zipped up and placed in the /WEB-INF/lib directory under some arbitrary name.
Is there a way to tell weblogic not to do this, but leave the /WEB-INF/classes directory expanded as it was in weblogic 8?
Is there a particular reason, developers should be aware of, to why this is being done in 9.1 (9.x?)?
Background :
This particular app has a set of several hundred xml files that describe all of the screens (and thus the forms) of the app. They are used not only in the generation of the actual jsps (and believe it or not the action class as well as other supporting class, the app is really an interface to a legacy backend) but are also packaged within the WAR for the dynamic configuration of plugins used for complex validation; a quasi 'rules' engine.
While there are several different versions of the app, and thus several different versions of xml files, there is only one version of the rules engine.
The problem that has arised when running on 9.1 is the plugins access to those xml files.
The plugin attempts to load the xml files by creating File object for the directory containing the xml files, and then iterating through the contents of that directory.
The xml files are packaged within the /WEB-INF/classes directory and are thus accessible using a simple resource look-up (in actuality, a 'token' xml file is specified, looked-up as a resource and then used to determine the parent file directory's url).
This has worked well enough as 'most' servers deploy the contents of /WEB-INF/classes directory in an expandable fashion. Obviously, this strategy readly breaks when those same contents are jar'd and placed in the /lib directory.
It is prefered to not have to maintain a cataloge or index of the xml files because of the volume of xml files, the multiple versions of the xml files, and of course the volitility of the xml files, although this is an obvious option.
I personally have mixed feelings about using a parent directory reference to load a set of resource files within a j2ee app. If anyone has any other suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it!
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Hi,
Usually, the best approach would be to just to load the resources as InputStream and have a catalog (and I know this is what you do not want to do :-) So the only hacky workaround that I can think of would be to use something like Jakarta Commons Virtual File System (http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/vfs/) and read the .zip
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LG

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I've noticed BC4J expects some of its configuration files to be present in the standard classpath or the application.
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But someone has to solve this! After all, if I have a million web-apps, I (as a BC4J user) do not want to include a million JAR files in the classpath. I want to put the JAR in the classes directory and have BC4J find it automatically since its part of the web-app's classes, jars/zips and such.
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Regards to all,
Arik Kfir.

Originally posted by Arik Kfir ([email protected]):
I've noticed BC4J expects some of its configuration files to be present in the standard classpath or the application.
However, when running web-apps, the WEB-INF/classes are used for loading classes by the JVM, but they are not in the classpath literaly which causes BC4J not to find its metadata files - this has caused many people to be confused because they believed (like me) that the /classes folder is just another part of the classpath.
But someone has to solve this! After all, if I have a million web-apps, I (as a BC4J user) do not want to include a million JAR files in the classpath. I want to put the JAR in the classes directory and have BC4J find it automatically since its part of the web-app's classes, jars/zips and such.
===========================================
If I understand you correctly, it sounds like you need to put the bc4j .jar files in the /j2ee/home/lib directory...by placing a jar file there, it becomes available to all web applications running inside OC4J...
does that solve your problem?
regards,
Mike Conway
UNC Chapel Hill

Custom classes in Web-INF/classes not recognised

          Can any body tell me why classes in WEB-INF/classes directory are not recognised by
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          Thanks in advance


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          we were having the same problem - WebLogic not recognizing custome classes in
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          the WARs Manifest file (and placed the referenced JARs in the WEB-INF/lib directory)
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          the classpath in case Class-Path entries in the manifest file are present.
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          Cheers
          Georg
          [email protected] (Trace Lowe) wrote:
          >Sounds like I'm having the same problem. I have a JSP application, in
          >a WAR file, in an EAR (no EJBs). I'm trying to figure out where to
          >place the utility jar files. I've read several threads, and
          >documentation on WL7, and it seems that I should be able to place the
          >jars in the WAR lib or classes directory. I tried both, neither seems
          >to work. I even tried adding a "Class-Path" entry in the EAR manifest
          >in hopes that it might work. Nope.
          >
          >Can anyone help?
          >
          >- Trace
          >
          >"Dineshkrn" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<3d32cab0$[email protected]>...
          >> Can any body tell me why classes in WEB-INF/classes directory are not
          >recognised by
          >> the WebLogic while importing in JSP??
          >>
          >>
          >> Thanks in advance

Equivalent "prefer-web-inf-classes" for a application?

We know the descriptor prefer-web-inf-classes let weblogic server load the web app classes first.
The question is I have a EJB class using a class within weblogic.jar but has different version! Is there any descriptors let weblogic load my application jars first before checking the server ClassLoader?

We hear you!. We'll have a feature in the next WLS release. (most likely 9.2) which will address this problem. The feature isn't exactly prefer-app-inf but a better way to give you more fine grained control over the packages you'd like to have the app load itself rather than have them loaded by the System classloader.
-- Nagesh

Copying files from same directory as *.java files and moving to WEB-INF/classes/ package name

In our current application we have the following source directory structure:
          src -
          - com
          - edeploy
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          - jsp
          -subdirs ... (many directories here)
          In com.edeploy.subdirs, there exists *.java files, and *.gxq files (query
          files). I would like to modify my build.cmd script to copy the *.gxq files
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          @REM Create list of files to compile
          DIR /S /B /A:-D src\com\*.java >class.list
          @REM Create list of query files
          DIR /S /B /A:-D src\com\*.gxq >query.list
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You may want to check out:
          http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/index.html
          Gary
          "Matt Raible" <[email protected]> wrote in message
          news:[email protected]..
          > In our current application we have the following source directory
          structure:
          >
          > src -
          > - com
          > - edeploy
          > - subdirs ... (many directories here)
          > - jsp
          > -subdirs ... (many directories here)
          >
          >
          > In com.edeploy.subdirs, there exists *.java files, and *.gxq files (query
          > files). I would like to modify my build.cmd script to copy the *.gxq
          files
          > into the same directory as the class files.
          >
          > Here's my script so far:
          >
          > @REM Create list of files to compile
          > DIR /S /B /A:-D src\com\*.java >class.list
          >
          > @REM Create list of query files
          > DIR /S /B /A:-D src\com\*.gxq >query.list
          >
          > @REM Compile
          > javac -d stage\WEB-INF\classes @class.list
          >
          > @REM Copy query files into class directory
          > .......... code needed here ......
          >
          > Can anyone help me with this?
          >
          > Thanks,
          >
          > Matt
          >
          >

LinkageError on integratedWLS with prefer-web-inf-classes

Hello.
I'm currently messing with some reporting tool (BIRT) for weblogic. There's a web application example which should be deployed on application server for demonstration.
I have no problems deploying it on standalone WebLogic on linux server (jrockit), but I can't run it on my local integratedWLS (hotspot) - there is LinkageError.
Stalking through Interment, I found out that this thing has an issue with WebLogic. The application uses a lot of libraries and some of them are included in WebLogic but with lower versions, so there is jar collisions.
To solve this issue there is weblogic.xml with:
<container-descriptor>
<prefer-web-inf-classes>true</prefer-web-inf-classes>
</container-descriptor>
As I said, with this file I can deploy the application on standalone WLS and it works normally but deploying on integratedWLS fails with LinkageError.
If I remove weblogic.xml, deployment doesn't fail, but the application throws exceptions on runtime because of wrong jar versions (that is understandable).
Why can't I run the application on integratedWLS with prefer-web-inf-classes?
Thanks.
JDev 11.1.2.3, WLS 10.3.5
LinkageError:
[05:51:50 PM] Redeploying Application...
<21.10.2013 17:51:52 GST> <Warning> <HTTP> <BEA-101162> <User defined listener org.eclipse.birt.report.listener.ViewerServletContextListener failed: java.lang.LinkageError: loader constraint violation in interface itable initialization: when resolving method "org.apache.xerces.dom.ElementImpl.getSchemaTypeInfo()Lorg/w3c/dom/TypeInfo;" the class loader (instance of weblogic/utils/classloaders/ChangeAwareClassLoader) of the current class, org/apache/xerces/dom/ElementImpl, and the class loader (instance of <bootloader>) for interface org/w3c/dom/Element have different Class objects for the type org/w3c/dom/TypeInfo used in the signature.
java.lang.LinkageError: loader constraint violation in interface itable initialization: when resolving method "org.apache.xerces.dom.ElementImpl.getSchemaTypeInfo()Lorg/w3c/dom/TypeInfo;" the class loader (instance of weblogic/utils/classloaders/ChangeAwareClassLoader) of the current class, org/apache/xerces/dom/ElementImpl, and the class loader (instance of <bootloader>) for interface org/w3c/dom/Element have different Class objects for the type org/w3c/dom/TypeInfo used in the signature
at org.apache.xerces.dom.DeferredDocumentImpl.getNodeObject(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.dom.DeferredDocumentImpl.synchronizeChildren(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.dom.CoreDocumentImpl.getDocumentElement(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.birt.core.framework.jar.BundleLoader.loadExtensions(BundleLoader.java:151)
at org.eclipse.birt.core.framework.jar.BundleLoader.load(BundleLoader.java:63)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>
<21.10.2013 17:51:52 GST> <Error> <Deployer> <BEA-149265> <Failure occurred in the execution of deployment request with ID '1382363510965' for task '7'. Error is: 'weblogic.application.ModuleException: '
weblogic.application.ModuleException:
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.startContexts(WebAppModule.java:1510)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.start(WebAppModule.java:482)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:425)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:119)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: java.lang.LinkageError: loader constraint violation in interface itable initialization: when resolving method "org.apache.xerces.dom.ElementImpl.getSchemaTypeInfo()Lorg/w3c/dom/TypeInfo;" the class loader (instance of weblogic/utils/classloaders/ChangeAwareClassLoader) of the current class, org/apache/xerces/dom/ElementImpl, and the class loader (instance of <bootloader>) for interface org/w3c/dom/Element have different Class objects for the type org/w3c/dom/TypeInfo used in the signature
at org.apache.xerces.dom.DeferredDocumentImpl.getNodeObject(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.dom.DeferredDocumentImpl.synchronizeChildren(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.dom.CoreDocumentImpl.getDocumentElement(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.birt.core.framework.jar.BundleLoader.loadExtensions(BundleLoader.java:151)
at org.eclipse.birt.core.framework.jar.BundleLoader.load(BundleLoader.java:63)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>
<21.10.2013 17:51:52 GST> <Error> <Deployer> <BEA-149202> <Encountered an exception while attempting to commit the 9 task for the application 'WebViewerWeblogic'.>
<21.10.2013 17:51:52 GST> <Warning> <Deployer> <BEA-149004> <Failures were detected while initiating deploy task for application 'WebViewerWeblogic'.>
<21.10.2013 17:51:52 GST> <Warning> <Deployer> <BEA-149078> <Stack trace for message 149004
weblogic.application.ModuleException:
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.startContexts(WebAppModule.java:1510)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.start(WebAppModule.java:482)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:425)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:119)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: java.lang.LinkageError: loader constraint violation in interface itable initialization: when resolving method "org.apache.xerces.dom.ElementImpl.getSchemaTypeInfo()Lorg/w3c/dom/TypeInfo;" the class loader (instance of weblogic/utils/classloaders/ChangeAwareClassLoader) of the current class, org/apache/xerces/dom/ElementImpl, and the class loader (instance of <bootloader>) for interface org/w3c/dom/Element have different Class objects for the type org/w3c/dom/TypeInfo used in the signature
at org.apache.xerces.dom.DeferredDocumentImpl.getNodeObject(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.dom.DeferredDocumentImpl.synchronizeChildren(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.dom.CoreDocumentImpl.getDocumentElement(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.birt.core.framework.jar.BundleLoader.loadExtensions(BundleLoader.java:151)
at org.eclipse.birt.core.framework.jar.BundleLoader.load(BundleLoader.java:63)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>
[05:51:52 PM] Deployment cancelled.
[05:51:52 PM] ---- Deployment incomplete ----.
[05:51:52 PM] Remote deployment failed (oracle.jdevimpl.deploy.common.Jsr88RemoteDeployer)
#### Cannot run application WebViewerWeblogic due to error deploying to IntegratedWebLogicServer.

User defined listener org.eclipse.birt.report.listener.ViewerServletContextListener failed: java.lang.LinkageError: loader constraint violation in interface itable initialization: when resolving method "org.apache.xerces.dom.ElementImpl.getSchemaTypeInfo()Lorg/w3c/dom/TypeInfo
Bug
User defined listener org.eclipse.birt.report.listener.ViewerServletContextListener failed: java.lang.LinkageError: loader constraint violation in interface itable initialization: when resolving method "org.apache.xerces.dom.ElementImpl.getSchemaType
Info()Lorg/w3c/dom/TypeInfo
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=383926

prefer-web-inf-classes in weblogic.xml doesn't work

When I try to use <prefer-web-inf-classes>true</prefer-web-inf-classes> it works fine with default classloaders structure. But after I changed classloaders hierarhy by means of <classloader-structure> in weblogic-application.xml classes from web app are ignored and classes from outside web app are loaded.
Here is classloaders structure I use
<weblogic-application>
<classloader-structure>
<module-ref>
<module-uri>mywar.war</module-uri>
</module-ref>
<classloader-structure>
<module-ref>
<module-uri>myejb.jar</module-uri>
</module-ref>
</classloader-structure>
</classloader-structure>
</weblogic-application>
Has anybody encountered this before?

Hi, Rob
Does it work in WL9.2?
It seems I do it exactly as the explained at http://edocs.bea.com/wls/docs81/programming/classloading.html - and it fails :o(.
I try to run my app.ear with WL9.2 There are 2 components in it: webapp and mdb. The webapp/WEB-INF contains weblogic.xml:
<weblogic-web-app>
<container-descriptor>
<prefer-web-inf-classes>true</prefer-web-inf-classes>
</container-descriptor>
</weblogic-web-app>
Mdb is expected to run in the same mode, i.e. to prefer the webapp/WEB-INF/*.jar over the parent Weblogic classloader. To do so I add the weblogic-application.xml to the app.ear!/META-INF:
<weblogic-application>
<classloader-structure>
<module-ref>

<module-uri>webapp</module-uri>
</module-ref>
<classloader-structure>
<module-ref>
<module-uri>mdb.jar</module-uri>
</module-ref>
</classloader-structure>
</classloader-structure>
</weblogic-application>
Now, when classloader-structure specified, both webabb and mdb prefer the weblogic root loader as if prefer-web-inf-classes not defined at all.

Class not found in web-inf/classes folder of war file within ear file

Hi all,
          I am using Weblogic 8.1 sp4. I have a war file within an ear file. I am trying to deploy the war file with a few classes within its web-inf/classes folder, however when the classes are in that folder I consistently get a class not found exception when trying to instantiate them. If I package the classes in a jar file and then put that jar file within the web-inf/lib folder of the war, the classes are also not found.
          If I put these two classes in the app-inf/classes folder of the ear file, everything works as expected and the classes are found.
          Any ideas of why this is happening. This seems to be a very simple thing that should work, but appears to not be working at all.
          thanks in advance for any suggestions or ideas.

Hi,
          This is a known limitation/issue with WL. There is also no way around this.
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          LG

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

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

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 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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Is web-inf/classes like a exploded jar file?

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