[jeffhoran]

I am on an existing project where others are using lomboz and I would like to use ME. However, when I try to define the webroot it strips part of the path. How can I define the paths correctly?

ProjectName
src
<includes>
deploy
web
css
main.css
index.jsp
WEB-INF
jsp
login.jsp
struts-config.xml
…

There are alot of references to img, css, javascript files with the path like “/web/css/main.css”, yet ME strips the “web” directory and puts the jsp, css, etc folders at the top level. How can i maintain the correct path with web/ at the top?

thanks

[jeffhoran]

ProjectName 
  src 
  *.jar 
  deploy 
  web 
    css 
      main.css 
    index.jsp 
    WEB-INF 
      jsp 
        login.jsp 
      struts-config.xml 
... 

 

Sorry, my spaces didn’t show up. You need them to understand the directory structure.

[Scott Anderson]

Jeff,

The issue is that your web root is the ‘web’ directory since this is the directory that is organized like an exploded WAR. The problem you’re having is that the way it was packaged before included the ‘web’ directory in the packaging structure. That can work, but it isn’t really correct for an exploded war.

One of two things cat get this working. First, you could do a search / replace for all instances of “/web/” and change them to “/” so that your links are now like “/css/main.css” and specify ‘web’ as your web root for MyEclipse. Another option would be to add an additional folder that is also called ‘web’ above the existing ‘web’ folder and specify this new folder as your web root in MyEclipse. That way, the existing ‘web’ directory will be preserved in the deployment so the current paths will work. Of the two, I like the first selection, personally. To test either one out, I’d suggest you make a copy of your project and experiment on the copy to determine what works best for you.

[jeffhoran]

The problem with the first is that others are using lomboz and this tree works for them. The problem with the second is again it changes the structure. But if it only changes the .project file then I may be able to ignore it in cvs.

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