[news.eclipse.webtools] Re: Alternate way of packaging projects for depl

[Abel Muiño Vizcaino <amuino@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Konstantin,

   So the only way would be to create new server adapters which mimic 
existing ones but with a "maven flavour"?

   By looking at the Javadoc, it would seem that overriding 
ServerBehaviourDelegate.publish() could do the trick (still, new servers 
would be required).

   Is there any pitfall I'm not seeing?
--
Abel Muiño Vizcaino - http://ramblingabout.wordpress.com

Konstantin Komissarchik wrote:
> Abel,
>
> In WTP, server adapters own the publishing logic (which includes 
> getting  the app ready for publishing). There is a publish steps 
> extension point that lets you add additional logic to the publish 
> operation, but there is no way to completely replace the packaging. 
> That wouldn't work anyway, since different server adapters have 
> different requirements for the form that the app must be in for 
> publishing. Some require a WAR archive, some require an exploded WAR 
> directory, and some have proprietary descriptors that tell the server 
> where to find pieces of the WAR without actually physically assembling 
> it.
>
> - Konstantin