Probably a good idea to read through http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.1-doc/appdev/source.html.
I personally don't like having TomCat looking into my source area as I prefer to deploy for development like I do for production. To this end I just create a WAR file and use the manager webapp to stop and start the context, as this is fully scripted it takes around 9 seconds for our application. I also prefer to have my server.xml clean of context information eg (TomCat 4.1.* only). %TOMCAT_HOME%/webapps/<app>.xml (the <Context> node that is normally in server.xml) %TOMCAT_HOME%/webapps/<app>.war And the use Ant's <expandproperties> to create the customised Context xml on the fly. Heligon Sandra wrote: > I have a question about the directories structure. > > For a web application we distinguish two directories structures: > > - source code directory > that contains Java classes/packages specific to the application > > - deployment application directory (= Tomcat files systems) >something like > META-INF > Pages (contains JSP pages) > Images > WEB-INF > Lib > Classes > > I am using CVS to archive my files, I ask me questions about the >CVS's repository for > my application, something like: > > MyApp > > archive - contains .war > doc - documentation > src - contains the source code directory > > how must I add the deployment directory ? > Can you give me example or advices ? > > I think to do: > > X:\MyProject\MyApp > archive - contains .war > doc - documentation > src - contains the source code directory > pages - contains JSP pages > images > web (contains configuration files web.xml) > - lib > > I will get sources from CVS, compile sources (with the IDE) and >create a .war. > > To deploy the directory under Tomcat (Tomcat is installed on >y:\Tomcat) I have several solutions > 1. use Ant and create a directory MyApp under y:/Tomcat/webapps and >the sub-directories WEB-INf, pages etc... > 2. set an element context in the server.xml that points on >X:\MyProject\MyApp, isn't it? > > For me the second solution is better because my project used for the >development (JBuilder project) points > on X:\MyProject\MyApp in order to access to the directories src, >pages, images. > When I modified a Java source file or JSP or XML file, I just have >to stop Tomcat and start it again because it > points on the updated directory. > With the first solution, I must stop Tomcat, launch the build.xml >command and restart Tomcat, isn't it ? > If I forget the build.xml command Tomcat doesn't have the updated >sources or JSP files. > I have choose the first solution because I don't know Ant and I have >not a lot of time. > > Do you have remarks or advices ? > What do you think about place JSP files in src directory ? in order >to points on the X:\MyProject\MyApp\src > in the IDE and not see the other sub-directories (doc, archive, >scripts....they are unused in the IDE explorer). > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
