In Eclipse, assuming you have the WTP tools installed, you create a
'Dynamic Web Project.'
This has a folder structure of which the essence is:
MyApp
src
com
mypackage
Abc.java
build
com
mypackage
Abc.class
WebContent
index.html (or jsp or whatever)
WEB-INF
web.xml
lib
a.jar
b.jar
In the above com.mypackage.Abc.java is your web application, and a.jar
and b.jar are any runtime libraries that application requires (NOT stuff
already in $TOMCAT_HOME/lib)
When you compile and run applications within eclipse it copies the
WebContent structure to the webapps directory of its (internal) tomcat,
and in WEB-INF creates a folder called classes and copies the contents
of the 'build' folder their.
This normally happens automatically every time you start the server
inside eclipse.
When you want to deploy the project to an external instance of tomcat
(eg a production server) you right-click on the Export.. option in the
project context menu and then select WAR (there's a suprise). The war
file by default has the project name (in the above expample MyApp.war.
This should be copied to the webapps folder of the tomcat instance and
if you've stuck to the normal server.xml configuration it should deploy.
It will be available at http://the.tomcat.instance:8080/MyApp/index.html
(or jspt or whatever)
This is an incredibly brief summary of what is undoubtedly an obscure
and complex process for the new-comer (been there.. done that...) and
which sadly is not especially well EXPLAINED anywhere that I have found.
There are some 'cookbook' type recipes on the web, which are often
inconsitent.
Hope that helps
Alan Chaney (a daily eclipse user, but hardly an eclipse guru...)
Markus Schönhaber wrote:
Tom Blank:
The reason why I'm asking is, because I'm using eclipse and its
'dynamic web project' structure.
I'm no Eclipse user either, but AFAIR the folder "Webapps" is part of an
Eclipse Dynamic Web Project. And a project folder is not meant to be
simply copied to Tomcat's appBase (judging from your OP, it seems to me
that's what you've been doing).
You could, for example, export your project to a WAR file and deploy this.
Experienced Eclipse users may know of other/better ways of deployment.
You might consider asking in the appropriate Eclipse mailinglist/newsgroup.
Regards
mks
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