Jim,

The easiest way to work with wicket is to use maven.  You can start by
following the simple instructions listed here
http://www.wicketeer.blogspot.com/

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Jim Goodwin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I've used Java and Eclipse for years but I'm a web-technology
> newbie, trying to set up Wicket so I can learn some skills.
> I hit a snag setting up.
>
> I'm trying to  follow setup and configuration instructions given at
> http://agileskills2.org/EWDW/Chapters1-2.pdf
>
> These instructions are a little out of date, but I was able to figure
> out everything until (on page 30 of the text at that url, about 40%
> down the web-page) it said:
>
>   Next, modify the web.xml file in src/main/webapp/WEB-INF with the
>   following
>   content. This file is called the "deployment descriptor":
>
>   <web-app ...>
>   <display-name>Archetype Created Web Application</display-name>
>   <filter>
>   <filter-name>WicketFilter</filter-name>
>   <filter-class>org.apache.wicket.protocol.http.WicketFilter</filter-class>
>   <init-param>
>   <param-name>applicationClassName</param-name>
>   <param-value>com.foo.myapp.MyApp</param-value>
>   </init-param>
>   </filter>
>   <filter-mapping>
>   <filter-name>WicketFilter</filter-name>
>   <url-pattern>/app/*</url-pattern>
>   </filter-mapping>
>   </web-app>
>
> FIRST PROBLEM:
>
> The instructions seem to assume that some previous step
> would already have created /webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml under
> src/main, but there is nothing under src/main except /java.
> Nor do I find anything like web.xml anywhere in the project tree.
>
> So I created the directories and the web.xml file by hand, using the text
> above except I just left out the "..." in the first tag.
>
> SECOND PROBLEM:
>
> The next instruction is to right-click the Tomcat instance in the Eclipse
> "servers" view, and choose  "Add/Remove" to add your app to the server
> instance. The instructions show a screenshot in which the "Add/Remove"
> command raises a dialog box with myapp listed among the choices.
>
> For me, the command just produces an alert saying there are no resources
> that can be added or removed from the server.
>
> Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Any idea what previous step was supposed to have created
> src/main/webapp/WEB-INF ?
> Does that location look exactly right to you?
>
> And what is the Add/Remove command is really trying to do? i.e. especially,
> where is it trying to read and write?
>
>
> Thanks for any help
> Jim
>
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