Clarification creating War file

[jagan raja]

Hi All,

I had successfully created a .war file and deployed it in the JBOSS server.

When I open my WAR file I am able to view all my .class, .java, .jsp files.

Is there any way to include only my .class files and is it appropriate doing so?

If it can be done and if my approach is correct can any of you help me out in this.

Thanks in advance!

[Maneesh Godbole]

How did you create the war file?
If you are using ant, you can opt to exclude the java files.
You want to exclude your jsp files as well? Are you sure?

[Adwin Lorance]

Hi .. you can create a WAR file using the JAR utility available. The only pre requisite is that you need to prepare a proper deployment folder structure and a proper deployment descriptor.

The command is as follows - " jar -cvf MyWarFileName.war".
Execute this command from the command line after going to the appropriate folder.

Whether there is way to only include .class files?

Well , whatever you keep in the folder on which you are running the JAR utility , will be included in the WAR file.

For e.g. The normal folder structure will be like below.

MyApplication
        |
        |
        |----------------------------------------- WEB-INF
        |                                                         |
        |                                                         |---- Classes 
        |
        |------ JSPs
        |------ HTMLs

Place the package structure in the classes folder. And the Deployment Descriptor directly under the WEB-INF folder.

Thanks

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[jagan raja]

Hi Maneesh / Lorance,

I dint use ant to create my .war file.

I created the War file using \jagan\MyServlet>jar cvf MyServlet.war .

I just want to exclude my .java files.

I have created the directory structure correctly as mentioned by Lorance.

Is there any way for excluding .java files ? If so help me out!

[David Newton]

Your source files should be in a separate source directory (in my opinion). This makes doing this trivial.

Or use a tool like Ant (or Maven, but... might be overkill) and make your life a lot easier.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Not a "beginning" topic. Moving thread.