Class files generated in web-inf directory as well as in base directory

[sri ramvaithiyanathan]

Hi,

I dont know where I am going wrong.
I have created one ant build script to generate war file.The war file successfully created.But the classes file get created in web-inf directory as well as in base directory.
Kindly correct me where I am going wrong.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
 * build.xml
 * @Author Sriram
 -->
<project name="pselmqi" default="all" basedir=".">
	<property name="src.dir" value="${basedir}\src"></property>
	<property name="web.dir" value="${basedir}\WebContent"></property>
	<property name="war.dir" value="${basedir}"> </property>
	<property name="classes.dir" value="${web.dir}\WEB-INF\classes"></property>
	<property name="jar.dir" value="${web.dir}\WEB-INF\lib"> </property>
	
	<!-- Class path	 -->
	<path id="jars">
			<fileset dir="${jar.dir}">
				<include name="*.jar" />
			</fileset>			
	</path>	
	<!-- Create a timestamp	 -->
	<tstamp>
		<format property="myTime" pattern="d-MMMM-yyyy hh:mm aa" locale="en" />
	</tstamp>
		
	<!-- Main target	 -->
		<target name="all" depends="war" />
	
	<!-- Clean the directories	 -->
	<target name="clean">
		<echo>Cleaning the classes directories."${classes.dir}" at "${myTime} </echo>		
		<delete dir="${classes.dir}"></delete>
	</target>
	
	<!-- Initilize the build	 -->
	<target name="init" depends="clean">
		<mkdir dir="${classes.dir}" />
	</target>
	
	<!-- Compile the Java classes	 -->
	<target name="compile" depends="init">		
		<javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${classes.dir}">
			<classpath refid="jars" />
			<!--<include name="**" /> -->
		</javac>
	</target>
	<!-- Copy the xml files	 -->
	<target name="copy" depends="compile" >
		<copy todir="${classes.dir}" file="${src.dir}/log4j.xml"/> 
	</target>
	<!-- Build the war	 -->
	<target name="war" depends="copy">
		<war destfile="${war.dir}/pselmqi.war" webxml="${web.dir}/WEB-INF/web.xml">
			<fileset dir="${web.dir}" >
			</fileset> 
			<fileset dir="${classes.dir}"></fileset>
		</war>
				<echo>Build finished at "${myTime}</echo>	
	</target>

</project>

Thanks in advance...

[Carol Enderlin]

Looks like this fileset would put the classes in base dir in war : <fileset dir="${classes.dir}"></fileset>

 <target name="war" depends="copy">  
         <war destfile="${war.dir}/pselmqi.war" webxml="${web.dir}/WEB-INF/web.xml">  
             <fileset dir="${web.dir}" >  
             </fileset>   
             <fileset dir="${classes.dir}"></fileset>      
        </war>  
        <echo>Build finished at "${myTime}</echo>     
 </target>  

[sri ramvaithiyanathan]

what change I have to do over there?
Sorry for asking this because if I comment the line <fileset dir="${classes.dir}"></fileset>
classes is not bundled in the web-inf directory as well as base dir also.

[Carol Enderlin]

You can use a classes element instead of that fileset, or you could use basedir attribute. For "classes" usage, see the example at the bottom of war task documenation.

[Peter Johnson]

Lines 52 and 53 cause the class files to be copied to WEB-INF/classes in the WAR because earlier, lines 40 to 43 the java source files were compiled into the ${web.dir}/WEB-INF/classes directory.

Line 54 causes the class files to be copied to the base directory of the WAR. Remove that line.

[sri ramvaithiyanathan]

Peter and Carol thanks for your hard effort.
Its working fine.
Really you guys rocking .

Regards,
Sriram.V