Split Source Mapping Generation Task

Question

Hi
I created a Dynamic Web Project in IBM Rational Application Developer Version 8. I am using BEA Weblogic 10.0.2 as the Application Server. When creating Dynamic web project, I added project to an EAR and named it testEAR. The project compiles without any errors and EAR is generated. When I try to add it to my server and deploy, I get the following error.
Runtime exception occurred in publish task 'Split Source Mapping Generation Task'.
Path must include project and resource name: /testEAR
I checked web.xml for duplicate entries and didnt find anything. Below are my XML files for Deployment Assembley. The first is for the testEAR project
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project-modules id="moduleCoreId" project-version="1.5.0">
<wb-module deploy-name="testEAR">
<wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/"/>
<dependent-module archiveName="XYZ.war" deploy-path="/" handle="module:/resource/XYZ/XYZ">
<dependent-object>WebModule_1308854753228</dependent-object>
<dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
</dependent-module>
</wb-module>
</project-modules>
The second is for the Dynamic Web Project
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project-modules id="moduleCoreId" project-version="1.5.0">
<wb-module deploy-name="XYZ">
<wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/WebContent"/>
<wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src"/>
<property name="context-root" value="XYZ"/>
<property name="java-output-path" value="/XYZ/WebContent/WEB-INF/classes"/>
</wb-module>
</project-modules>
Please let me know how to resolve this problem.

Answer 1

Hi,
This failure occurred probably because a Content Directory was not specified for the EAR project.
If a Content directory is not specified, then ".settings" and ".project" files will be part of the source path for the bea compiler.
As per the requirement, it is very important that WLS build scripts parse/compile and copy all the contents of the source folder.
So, as per the process the ".settings" directory and the ".project" directory are also copied into the temporary build directory.
This causes the failure during deployment as ".settings" and ".project" components can't be deployed.
The Content directory is a requirement only in WLS environment, due to the build logic of WLS.
By default, the WLS Eclipse tasks create a Content directory for a EAR project. So, this is not documented.
But, when you import an existing EAR directory, this limitation is exposed.
Creating the EAR Content folder should be the best solution.
Steps to modify imported applications:
1. Create a directory for the EAR content (for APP-INF, META-INF and all other modules or files that are part of the EAR) and copy all the files (except ".settings" and ".project") into the EAR content directory. (This has to be performed in windows explorer)
2. Then edit the file .settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component EAR content directory reference for deploy-path:
For eg:
<wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/"/>
to
<wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/EarContent"/>
3. Refresh the eclipse project.
4. Delete the temporary project folder that is created in the below location:
<Workspace Home>\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.resources\.projects\
For eg:
cd D:\Cases\EclipseWorkspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.resources\.projects\
del WebTestEAR\
** This is a temporary folder which will be created by WebLogic build scripts during
deployment. **
5. Now, try to deploy the EAR project.
Hope it helps.