[news.eclipse.webtools] Re: changing project to dynamic web project fail

[Larry Isaacs <Larry.Isaacs@xxxxxxx>]

Dean Hiller wrote:
> wow! that was my missing link on the web app libs thing!! thanks!!!
>
> Now, I just can't seem to get my EJB3 project that the war project 
> depends on to be in the classpath for some reason.  I checked the xcore3 
> project on the J2EE Module Depend window, but it is still not getting 
> included.  Usually this is so automatic on straight java projects...I 
> must be missing one more simple step???

Adding a Java project as a dependency of a Dynamic Web Project will 
convert the Java project to a WTP type project, i.e. one that contains a 
"module".  The Java project should now contain a "components" file like 
the Dynamic Web Project.  You might check that file to make sure it's 
pulling from the correct Java source directories.  In this case the 
deploy-path is relative to the implied jar that will contain the 
project's classes.

> Also, very strangely, I don't see the web app in tomcat/webapps like 
> MyEclipse would do.

When creating a new Tomcat server, the default is to create a separate 
Tomcat instance, i.e. catalina.base != catalina.home.  In addition, the 
default  is to deploy to "wtpwebapps" to avoid various auto-deployment 
issues.  For details about the WTP Tomcat support, see the Tomcat FAQ:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/WTP_Tomcat_FAQ

Cheers,
Larry

> Where does it put the web app files?  That has been 
> a great MyEclipse feature as I could go look and figure stuff out and 
> see what files were missing from the final deployment.  Where is the 
> webapp assembled to so I can view it?  Sometimes there is a file missing 
> or whatnot and just looking at the structure tells me my bug right away.
>
> thanks much, Dean