Maven 1.x War Plugin

configurable overwrite of target web.xml with src web.xml

Details

  • Type: Improvement Improvement
  • Status: Resolved Resolved
  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Affects Version/s: 1.6.1
  • Fix Version/s: 1.6.2
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Description

war:war-resources

<util:available file="$

{maven.war.webxml}">
<ant:copy file="${maven.war.webxml}

"
tofile="$

{webapp.build.webinf}

/web.xml"
overwrite="true" />
</util:available>

the current plugin forces an overwrite of the web.xml if there is a source file. I am about to release the latest version of the maven tomcat plugin. The main objective of this release is to reduce the time for changes to src files to be updated within tomcat (jsps in particular). war:war-resources does the work of moving files from src to target. If the jsps are modified tomcat will recompile them, however if the web.xml is modified (timestamp) tomcat will reload the entire web application causing an unneccessary overhead. It would be extremely useful if the overwrite parameter of the web.xml were configurable with a property.

cheers
Nathan

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Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. MPWAR-34 parameterise overwrite of web.xml in war:war-resources

  • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
  • Resolved - A resolution has been taken, and it is awaiting verification by reporter. From here issues are either reopened, or are closed.
is related to

Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. MPWAR-49 war:war-resources should add overwrite=true (or configurable) flag to ant:copy task

  • Major - Major loss of function.
  • Resolved - A resolution has been taken, and it is awaiting verification by reporter. From here issues are either reopened, or are closed.

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Stéphane Nicoll added a comment -

This is done. Added property maven.war.webxml.overwrite property to control if the source web.xml overwrites the one in the generated webapp directory.

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Stéphane Nicoll added a comment - This is done. Added property maven.war.webxml.overwrite property to control if the source web.xml overwrites the one in the generated webapp directory.

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  • Assignee:
    Stéphane Nicoll
    Reporter:
    Nathan Coast
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