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Ant creating WAR JAVA

Good day!
I have been trying to write ant file for compilation and making the WAR file for a long time.
But still it doesnt work. At this time I have no build errors, but there is a Tomcat "Resource not found" error, where should be my servlet.
Here is my build.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<property environment="env"/>
<property name="dir.src" value="src"/>
<property name="dir.dist" value="ant-dist"/>
<property name="dir.lib" value="WebContent/WEB-INF/lib"/>
<property name="dir.build" value="ant-build"/>
<property name="dir.classes" value="${dir.build}/classes"/>
<property name="tomcat-home" value="${env.TOMCAT_HOME}"/>
<property name="java-home" value="${env.JAVA_HOME}"/>
<path id="compile.classpath">
<fileset dir="${dir.lib}" includes="*.jar"/>
<fileset dir="${tomcat-home}" includes="**/*.jar" />
<fileset dir="${java-home}" includes="**/*.jar" />
</path>
<target name="init">
<mkdir dir="${dir.classes}"/>
<mkdir dir="${dir.dist}" />
</target>
<target name="compile" depends="init" >
<javac destdir="${dir.build}" debug="true" srcdir="${dir.src}" includeantruntime="false">
<classpath refid="compile.classpath"/>
</javac>
</target>
<target name="war" depends="compile">
<war destfile="${dir.dist}/SoulVoxServer.war" needxmlfile="false">
<fileset dir="WebContent"/>
<lib dir="${dir.lib}"/>
<classes dir="${dir.classes}"/>
</war>
</target>
<target name="clean">
<delete dir="${dir.dist}" />
<delete dir="${dir.build}" />
</target>
I thought that the problem can depend on web.xml file missing, but i use annotation so it should work anyway, isn't it?
Thank you!
EDIT
I found that my war file doesnt contain any classes. Its structure:
+META-INF
--MANIFEST.MF
+WEB-INF
--classes (It is empty)
--lib (here goes my jar files. Its ok)
-Playlist.jsp
EDIT
I solved that problem and now i see the next:
I have 2 war files:
1) Generated by ant. 13.3 Mb. Doesnt work.
2) Generated by eclipse and has the same files inside (after jar -xvf), but it is only 6.6 Mb size.. Thi one works.
What is that?

ANT/JAVA: Config to include library files in the war file

Pretty new to ANT and building using it. I have a Java-Jersey rest project and i have included the Jersey libraries under WEB-INF/lib.
I have a build.xml for building/compiling the project.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="Ant-Test" default="Main" basedir=".">
<!-- Sets variables which can later be used. -->
<!-- The value of a property is accessed via ${} -->
<property name="src.dir" location="src" />
<property name="lib.dir" location="" />
<property name="build.dir" location="bin" />
<!--
Create a classpath container which can be later used in the ant task
-->
<path id="build.classpath">
<fileset dir="${lib.dir}">
<include name="**/*.jar" />
</fileset>
</path>
<!-- Deletes the existing build directory-->
<target name="clean">
<delete dir="${build.dir}" />
</target>
<!-- Creates the build directory-->
<target name="makedir">
<mkdir dir="${build.dir}" />
</target>
<!-- Compiles the java code -->
<target name="compile" depends="clean, makedir">
<javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.dir}" classpathref="build.classpath" />
<jar destfile="${build.dir}/CrunchifyRESTJerseyExample.jar" basedir="${build.dir}"/>
<war destfile="${build.dir}/CrunchifyRESTJerseyExample.war" webxml="WebContent/WEB-INF/web.xml">
<classes dir="${build.dir}"/>
</war>
</target>
<target name="Main" depends="compile">
<description>Main target</description>
</target>
</project>
With this, i am not getting the library files in the war file. What should i add to get it in the war?.

If you take a look on the Ant war task you can specify a <lib> element with the jars that are going to be put under WEB-INF/lib folder. So try this:
<war destfile="${build.dir}/CrunchifyRESTJerseyExample.war" webxml="WebContent/WEB-INF/web.xml">
<classes dir="${build.dir}"/>
<lib dir="${lib.dir}">
<exclude name="jdbc1.jar"/> <!-- Exclude here jars you don't want -->
</lib>
</war>
Note: You should set your property at the begining of your script for the above task to work properly:
<property name="lib.dir" location="lib" /> <!-- Or whatever you call your project folder with the jars-->

try including fileset element as child of war element
<fileset dir="${home.dir}/WEB-INF/libDirectory/*">
<include name="**/*"/>
</fileset>

How to include local dependencies in my ant build

At present I have the following build.xml:
<project name="Bccn" default="help" basedir=".">
<!-- Define the properties used by the build -->
<property name="app.name" value="bccn" />
<property name="app.version" value="0.1-dev" />
<property name="tcserver.home" value="/home/abhishek/tomcat" />
<property name="work.home" value="${basedir}/work" />
<property name="dist.home" value="${basedir}/dist" />
<property name="src.home" value="${basedir}/src" />
<property name="web.home" value="${basedir}/web" />
<property name="lib.dir" value="${basedir}/lib" />
<target name="help">
<echo>You can use the following targets:</echo>
<echo>
</echo>
<echo> help : (default) Prints this message </echo>
<echo> all : Cleans, compiles, and packages application</echo>
<echo> clean : Deletes work directories</echo>
<echo> compile : Compiles servlets into class files</echo>
<echo> dist : Packages artifacts into a deployable WAR</echo>
<echo>
</echo>
<echo>For example, to clean, compile, and package all at once, run:</echo>
<echo>prompt> ant all </echo>
</target>
<!-- Define the CLASSPATH -->
<path id="compile.classpath">
<fileset dir="${tcserver.home}/bin">
<include name="*.jar" />
</fileset>
<pathelement location="${tcserver.home}/lib" />
<fileset dir="${tcserver.home}/lib">
<include name="*.jar" />
</fileset>
</path>
<target name="all" depends="clean,compile,dist" description="Clean work dirs, then compile and create a WAR" />
<target name="clean" description="Delete old work and dist directories">
<delete dir="${work.home}" />
<delete dir="${dist.home}" />
</target>
<target name="prepare" depends="clean" description="Create working dirs and copy static files to work dir">
<mkdir dir="${dist.home}" />
<mkdir dir="${work.home}/WEB-INF/classes" />
<!-- Copy static HTML and JSP files to work dir -->
<copy todir="${work.home}">
<fileset dir="${web.home}" />
</copy>
</target>
<target name="compile" depends="prepare" description="Compile Java sources and copy to WEB-INF/classes dir">
<javac srcdir="${src.home}" destdir="${work.home}/WEB-INF/classes">
<classpath refid="compile.classpath" />
</javac>
<copy todir="${work.home}/WEB-INF/classes">
<fileset dir="${src.home}" excludes="**/*.java" />
</copy>
</target>
<target name="dist" depends="compile" description="Create WAR file for binary distribution">
<jar jarfile="${dist.home}/${app.name}-${app.version}.war" basedir="${work.home}" />
</target>
Now I included log4j as a local dependency and want to include it when I create my .war file. However, ANT is not able to find the dependency. Is there a way to get it working? Sorry for the basic question, I am a noob at it.
Update (and thanks for the help I got already):
I didn't want to add the "war" thing so I modified my build.xml as follows:
``
<target name="help">
<echo>You can use the following targets:</echo>
<echo>
</echo>
<echo> help : (default) Prints this message </echo>
<echo> all : Cleans, compiles, and packages application</echo>
<echo> clean : Deletes work directories</echo>
<echo> compile : Compiles servlets into class files</echo>
<echo> dist : Packages artifacts into a deployable WAR</echo>
<echo>
</echo>
<echo>For example, to clean, compile, and package all at once, run:</echo>
<echo>prompt> ant all </echo>
</target>
<!-- Define the CLASSPATH -->
<path id="compile.classpath">
<fileset dir="${tcserver.home}/bin">
<include name="*.jar" />
</fileset>
<pathelement location="${tcserver.home}/lib" />
<fileset dir="${tcserver.home}/lib">
<include name="*.jar" />
</fileset>
<fileset dir="${lib.dir}">
<include name="*.jar" />
</fileset>
</path>
<target name="all" depends="clean,compile,dist" description="Clean work dirs, then compile and create a WAR" />
<target name="clean" description="Delete old work and dist directories">
<delete dir="${work.home}" />
<delete dir="${dist.home}" />
</target>
<target name="prepare" depends="clean" description="Create working dirs and copy static files to work dir">
<mkdir dir="${dist.home}" />
<mkdir dir="${work.home}/WEB-INF/classes" />
<!-- Copy static HTML and JSP files to work dir -->
<copy todir="${work.home}">
<fileset dir="${web.home}" />
</copy>
</target>
<target name="compile" depends="prepare" description="Compile Java sources and copy to WEB-INF/classes dir">
<javac srcdir="${src.home}" destdir="${work.home}/WEB-INF/classes">
<classpath refid="compile.classpath" />
</javac>
<copy todir="${work.home}/WEB-INF/classes">
<fileset dir="${src.home}" excludes="**/*.java" />
<fileset dir="${lib.dir}" includes="*.jar" />
</copy>
</target>
<target name="dist" depends="compile" description="Create WAR file for binary distribution">
<jar jarfile="${dist.home}/${app.name}-${app.version}.war" basedir="${work.home}" />
</target>
Now ANT can find the dependencies and compile it. However when I deploy it to a Tomcat server, it fails to file the dependencies. Can you please provide some ideas as to how I can package the dependencies so its visible to Tomcat as well?

You should use the war task instead:
<war destfile="${warname}" webxml="war/WEB-INF/web.xml">
<fileset dir="${work.home}"/>
<lib dir="${lib.dir}/" includes="log4j.jar"/>
<classes dir = "${CLASSES}" />
</war>
You can configure it to find the dependency jars to be included in your war file and to specify the path to the web.xml folder. You shouldn't be coping the .class files to the destination in the war folder, let the war task do it for you.

problem running JUnit tests with Ant in Eclipse. Beginner question

I'm learning these days how to use ant to run automated test folowing this tutorial.
I have JUnit in the classpath of my project. All seem to work fine and I can include it in my classes:
import junit.framework.TestCase; //line20
public class SimpleLattice1DTest extends TestCase{
...
}
My build.xml is:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="Ant-Test" default="compile" basedir=".">
<!-- Sets variables which can later be used. -->
<!-- The value of a property is accessed via ${} -->
<property name="src.dir" location="." />
<property name="build.dir" location="build" />
<property name="dist.dir" location="dist" />
<property name="docs.dir" location="docs" />
<property name="test.dir" location="jlife/tests" />
<property name="test.report.dir" location="test/report" />
<!-- Deletes the existing build, docs and dist directory-->
<target name="clean">
<delete dir="${build.dir}" />
<delete dir="${docs.dir}" />
<delete dir="${dist.dir}" />
</target>
<!-- Creates the build, docs and dist directory-->
<target name="makedir">
<mkdir dir="${build.dir}" />
<mkdir dir="${docs.dir}" />
<mkdir dir="${dist.dir}" />
<mkdir dir="${test.report.dir}" />
</target>
<!-- Compiles the java code (including the usage of library for JUnit -->
<target name="compile" depends="clean, makedir">
<javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.dir}">
</javac>
</target>
<!-- Creates Javadoc -->
<target name="docs" depends="compile">
<javadoc packagenames="src" sourcepath="${src.dir}" destdir="${docs.dir}">
<!-- Define which files / directory should get included, we include all -->
<fileset dir="${src.dir}">
<include name="**" />
</fileset>
</javadoc>
</target>
<!--Creates the deployable jar file -->
<target name="jar" depends="compile">
<jar destfile="${dist.dir}\CoreTest.jar" basedir="${build.dir}">
<manifest>
<attribute name="Main-Test" value="test.CoreTest" />
</manifest>
</jar>
</target>
<!-- Run the JUnit Tests -->
<!-- Output is XML, could also be plain-->
<target name="junit" depends="compile">
<junit printsummary="on" fork="true" haltonfailure="yes">
<formatter type="xml" />
<batchtest todir="${test.report.dir}">
<fileset dir="${src.dir}">
<include name="**/*Test*.java" />
</fileset>
</batchtest>
</junit>
</target>
</project>
When i run it into eclipse I get the following error:
[javac] C:\Documents and
Settings\noname\Documenti\JLife_git\JLife_git\JLife\src\jlife\tests\SimpleLattice1DTest.java:20:
package junit.framework does not exist
[javac] import junit.framework.TestCase;
I suppose there's something wrong with it, but I have no idea. Could someone put me in the right direction?

Your javac target doesn't specify anything apart from the source and target directory - it doesn't add any classpath entries; you'll need to add an entry for the appropriate JUnit jar file. See the javac task documentation for more details. You may want to specify the path to JUnit as a classpath attribute, a nested element, or a reference to a path declared elsewhere.

The eclipse classpath is separate from your ant environment. In your build file, when you call javac you need to supply a classpath attribute.
You can define the classpath at the top of the file with the rest of your properties, like this:
<path id="classpath">
<fileset dir="[path to libraries]" includes="**/*.jar" />
</path>
and then use it in each call to javac by setting the classpathref attribute, like this:
<javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.dir}" classpathref="classpath" />

You need to specify the directory that contains your .class files and your external jars (like junit).
e.g.
<!-- Populates a class path containing our classes and jars -->
<path id="dist.classpath">
<fileset dir="${lib}"/>
<pathelement path="${build}"/>
</path>
<!-- Compile the java code place into ${build} -->
<target name="compile" depends="-dirty" description="Compile the source.">
<javac srcdir="${source}" destdir="${build}" includeantruntime="false">
<classpath refid="dist.classpath"/>
<exclude name="${test.relative}/**/*"/>
</javac>
</target>
Here's the complete file I took that excerpt from in case you need ideas for how to setup other common things (emma, javadoc, etc)
<project name="imp" default="dist" basedir="..">
<description>Buildscript for IMP</description>
<property name="source" location="src"/>
<property name="lib" location="lib"/>
<property name="history" location="test_history"/>
<property name="web-tests" location="/var/www/tests"/>
<property name="web-files" location="/var/www/files"/>
<property name="web-javadoc" location="/var/www/javadoc"/>
<property name="web-emma" location="/var/www/emma"/>
<property name="emma.dir" value="${lib}"/>
<property name="test" location="${source}/imp/unittest"/>
<property name="test.relative" value="imp/unittest"/>
<property name="javadoc-theme" value="tools/javadoc-theme"/>
<!-- directories for generated files -->
<property name="build" location="build"/>
<property name="build-debug" location="debug"/>
<property name="build-coverage" location="coverage"/>
<property name="dist" location="dist"/>
<property name="reports" location="reports"/>
<property name="coverage-emma" location="${reports}/coverage/emma"/>
<!-- Populates a class path containing our classes and jars -->
<path id="dist.classpath">
<fileset dir="${lib}"/>
<pathelement path="${build}"/>
</path>
<path id="debug.classpath">
<fileset dir="${lib}"/>
<pathelement path="${build-debug}"/>
</path>
<!-- import emma. This classpath limits the coverage to just our classes -->
<path id="debug.imp.classpath">
<pathelement path="${build-debug}"/>
</path>
<taskdef resource="emma_ant.properties" classpathref="debug.classpath"/>
<!--
Shouldn't ever need to use this from the command line. IRC saith that the "private"
internal use only sort of targets are prefixed with '-'.
dirty because it's the opposite of the 'clean' target.
-->
<target name="-dirty">
<tstamp/>
<mkdir dir="${build}"/>
<mkdir dir="${build-debug}"/>
<mkdir dir="${build-coverage}"/>
<mkdir dir="${dist}"/>
<mkdir dir="${reports}"/>
<mkdir dir="${coverage-emma}"/>
</target>
<!-- clean up all the generated files and direcories -->
<target name="clean" description="Deletes all files and directories created by this script.">
<delete dir="${build}"/>
<delete dir="${build-debug}"/>
<delete dir="${build-coverage}"/>
<delete dir="${dist}"/>
<delete dir="${reports}"/>
<delete dir="${coverage-emma}"/>
</target>
<!-- Compile the java code place into ${build} -->
<target name="compile" depends="-dirty" description="Compile the source.">
<javac srcdir="${source}" destdir="${build}" includeantruntime="false">
<classpath refid="dist.classpath"/>
<exclude name="${test.relative}/**/*"/>
</javac>
</target>
<!-- Compile the java code with debug info place into ${build} -->
<target name="compile-debug" depends="-dirty" description="Compile the source with debug information.">
<javac
srcdir="${source}"
destdir="${build-debug}"
includeantruntime="false"
debug="true"
debuglevel="lines,vars,source"
>
<classpath refid="debug.classpath"/>
</javac>
</target>
<!-- roll up everyting into a single jar file -->
<target name="dist" depends="clean, compile" description="Generate the distribution file for IMP.">
<!-- Copy the library .jars to the directory where the IMP distribution will be located -->
<copy todir="${dist}">
<fileset dir="${lib}"/>
</copy>
<!-- TODO: Generate the MANIFEST.MF file on the fly -->
<jar jarfile="${dist}/imp.jar" basedir="${build}" manifest="tools/MANIFEST.MF"/>
<!-- dump to web server -->
<copy todir="${web-files}">
<fileset dir="${dist}"/>
</copy>
</target>
<!-- build and run the tests then report the results in HTML -->
<target name="test" depends="compile-debug" description="Run all the JUnit tests and outputs the results as HTML.">
<!-- run the tests -->
<junit printsummary="true" haltonerror="false" haltonfailure="false">
<classpath refid="debug.classpath"/>
<formatter type="xml"/>
<batchtest fork="true" todir="${reports}">
<fileset dir="${source}">
<include name="${test.relative}/**/*Test*.java"/>
<exclude name="${test.relative}/**/AllTests.java"/>
</fileset>
</batchtest>
</junit>
<!-- report the results -->
<junitreport todir="${reports}">
<fileset dir="${reports}" includes="TEST-*.xml"/>
<report todir="${reports}"/>
</junitreport>
<!-- update the latest results file to be commited -->
<copy file="${reports}/TESTS-TestSuites.xml" tofile="${history}/test-results-latest.xml"/>
<!-- dump to webserver -->
<copy todir="${web-tests}">
<fileset dir="${reports}"/>
</copy>
</target>
<!-- run emma code coverage tool and publish results in HTML -->
<target name="emma" depends="compile-debug" description="Checks code coverage with Emma.">
<!-- put the magic emma juice into the classes -->
<emma>
<instr
instrpathref="debug.imp.classpath"
destdir="${coverage-emma}/instr"
metadatafile="${coverage-emma}/metadata.emma"
merge="true"
/>
</emma>
<!-- run the tests -->
<junit fork="true" printsummary="true" haltonerror="false" haltonfailure="false">
<classpath>
<pathelement location="${coverage-emma}/instr"/>
<path refid="debug.classpath"/>
</classpath>
<batchtest fork="true" todir="${reports}">
<fileset dir="${source}">
<include name="${test.relative}/**/*Test*.java"/>
<exclude name="${test.relative}/**/AllTests.java"/>
</fileset>
</batchtest>
<jvmarg value="-Demma.coverage.out.file=${coverage-emma}/coverage.emma"/>
<jvmarg value="-Demma.coverage.out.merge=true"/>
</junit>
<!-- publish the coverage report -->
<emma>
<report sourcepath="${source}" verbosity="verbose">
<fileset dir="${coverage-emma}">
<include name="*.emma"/>
</fileset>
<html outfile="${web-emma}/index.html"/>
</report>
</emma>
</target>
<!-- publish javadoc -->
<target name="javadoc" description="Creates javadoc for IMP.">
<delete dir="${web-javadoc}"/>
<javadoc
sourcepath="${source}"
defaultexcludes="no"
destdir="${web-javadoc}"
author="true"
version="true"
use="true"
windowtitle="IMP: Integrated Mechanisms Program"
overview="${source}/overview.html"
classpathref="debug.classpath"
stylesheetfile="${javadoc-theme}/stylesheet.css"
/>
<copy file="${javadoc-theme}/javadoc.jpg" tofile="${web-javadoc}/javadoc.jpg"/>
</target>
<target name="all" description="Runs test, emma, javadoc, and dist targets.">
<antcall target="test"/>
<antcall target="emma"/>
<antcall target="javadoc"/>
<antcall target="dist"/>
</target>
</project>

If you observe the error stack, you will find the following line, just above the error line you mentioned...
[javac] [search path for class files: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\resource...
This line shows all the jars available in the class path for this ant target execution.
You will definitely not find the desired jar over here i.e. junit-x.x.x.jar (junit-4.8.2.jar)
Now go to eclipse -> Window -> preferences -> Ant -> Runtime -> Global Entries -> Add Jars add junit-4.8.2jar (which you will find in your project lib directory)
If you play around the Ant -> Runtime -> classpath and the classpath related error line in the error stack, you will understand the issue.
Hope this solves your problem.

Is there an ant task to add a .war to an existing exploded ear

Have a build process that can't be edited and need to pack another war in the the ear that is generated. The ear is exploded so it's just a matter of copying the war file into it but the application.xml needs to be updated so I'd like to find an ant task that will do this. Anyone know of one that will work?

ended up just doing :
<replace file="${j2ee.build.dir}/${j2ee.app..name}/META-INF/application.xml" token="</application>" value="<module><web><web-uri>admin.war</web-uri><context-root>/admin</context-root></web></module></application>"/>
Rather hackish but couldn't come up with another way to edit the file easily

The idea is to create the war and put the file into the ear directory, see the following build.xml code
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="Add war to ear example" default="all" basedir=".">
<target name="init">
<property name="root.directory" value="${basedir}"/>
<property name="classdir" value="${root.directory}/build/src"/>
<property name="src" value="${root.directory}/src"/>
<property name="web" value="${root.directory}/web"/>
<property name="deploymentdescription" value="${root.directory}/build/deploymentdescriptors"/>
<property name="war.file" value="test.war"/>
<property name="ear.file" value="test.ear"/>
<property name="ear.directory" value="${root.directory}/build/ear"/>
<property name="war.directory" value="${root.directory}/build/war"/>
<!-- Create Web-inf and classes directories -->
<mkdir dir="${war.directory}/WEB-INF"/>
<mkdir dir="${war.directory}/WEB-INF/classes"/>
<!-- Create Meta-inf and classes directories -->
<mkdir dir="${ear.directory}/META-INF"/>
</target>
<!-- Main target -->
<target name="all" depends="init,build,buildWar,buildEar"/>
<!-- Compile Java Files and store in /build/src directory -->
<target name="build" >
<javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${classdir}" debug="true" includes="**/*.java" />
</target>
<!-- Create the War File -->
<target name="buildWar" depends="init">
<copy todir="${war.directory}/WEB-INF/classes">
<fileset dir="${classdir}" includes="**/*.class" />
</copy>
<copy todir="${war.directory}/WEB-INF">
<fileset dir="${deploymentdescription}" includes="web.xml" />
</copy>
<copy todir="${war.directory}">
<fileset dir="${web}" includes="**/*.*" />
</copy>
<!-- Create war file and place in ear directory -->
<jar jarfile="${ear.directory}/${war.file}" basedir="${war.directory}" />
</target>
<!-- Create the War File -->
<target name="buildEar" depends="init">
<copy todir="${ear.directory}/META-INF">
<fileset dir="${deploymentdescription}" includes="application.xml" />
</copy>
<!-- Create ear file and place in ear directory -->
<jar jarfile="${root.directory}/${ear.file}" basedir="${ear.directory}" />
</target>
</project>

Won't <copy> do the job?
What about using <xslt> to modify application.xml then?