[rateoty]

hi,

we have a given directory structure in our project, which cannot be changed (because the basic settings are made via a framework, which is mandatory).

the structure is sth. like that:

project_root
|————external_files
|————src
| ‘———-packages, actions, forms etc.
|————src_meta
| ‘———-WEB-INF
|————src_web
|———jsp_dir_1
| ‘——-jsps, html-pages
|———jsp_dir_2
:
‘———jsp_dir_n

is it possible, to work with such a structure in myEclipse? If a defined set of directories has to be added (once, to be able to exclude them in the code mgt.), there would be no problem. If files, which are often changed in the developement process (like the struts-config.xml) had to be copied under each of the jsp-directories would be an issue (as is in

regards. Juergen

[Riyad Kalla]

Juergen,
MyEclipse existing project structure is that of an exploded WAR file, and clearly the above structure is not compatible with that. However, one of the biggest requests we got (and subsequently the most time we are spending) on the 2.8/3.8 release is to add project structure flexibility. I cannot garuntee that you won’t need to change your project structure at all, however you will have much more success with 2.8 than 2.7.

Also another limitation in 2.7 that you will likely run into is requiretment that all JSP files be somewhere UNDER the WebRoot directory, in which case you have many files not under the WebRoot directory. In 2.8 we are going to relax this requirement, which again will be to your advantage.

If you would like to get started with MyEclipse, I would suggest downloading 2.7.1 and trying to move (piece by piece) your project into a MyEclipse Web Module Project and see what you can get working. Other than that, I would suggest waiting for a 2.8 beta later this month and try that.

[rateoty]

thanks Riyad,

since it would cost lots of time to try “piece by piece”, i’ll better wait for the 2.8 beta and have a look at the changelog.

regards. Juergen

[Scott Anderson]

Juergen,

Out of curiosity, do you have an IDE that you currently use that supports debug and deployment with this directory structure? By that, I mean without you writing a bunch of Ant scripts or something.

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