Maven WebApp META-INF context.xml

Question

I am using Maven 3 and I am trying to add META-INF folder under webapp folder. So I am trying to do the following:

src
 main
  webapp
   META-INF
    context.xml
   WEB-INF

Below is my POM file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.data</groupId>
<artifactId>Java-WebApp</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>

<name>Java-Web Application</name>

<!-- Shared version number properties-->
<properties>
<org.springframework.version>3.0.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
</properties>

<dependencies>
<dependency>
    <groupId>junit</groupId>
    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
    <version>3.8.1</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
  </dependency>
 </dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>data</finalName>
</build>

<parent>
<groupId>com.data</groupId>
<artifactId>Java-Parent</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
</project>

Under src/main/resources I have added a META-INF\context.xml. When the WAR file is packaged using mvn package the structure looks like this:

data
 webapp
  META-INF
  WEB-INF
  index.jsp

The relevant files under WEB-INF can be seen. However, the META-INF folder is blank. My default Maven will add resources under the WEB-INF/classes.

I want specifically would like to have:

data
 webapp
  META-INF
   context.xml
  WEB-INF

How is this possible? I have tried other things, but still it does not work. The context.xml contains the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Context path="/data1"/>

I have tried removing the META-INF folder from src\main\resources and directly put it under webapp\META-INF. The context.xml displays but when deployed into Tomcat, the context root that I have defined does not work.

Not sure if this works, but you can try to move your `META-INF` folder to `resources/META-INF`. — Lorenz, Dec 04 '12 at 11:22
Yes, it does by removing the src\main\resources and adding META-INF folder directly under webapp. But still the context-root does not work. — user1646481, Dec 04 '12 at 11:37

score 24 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 11 '17 at 13:25

Put your META-INF folder within src/main/resources.

Put this on your pom.xml... sorry i missed it before;

<build>
<plugins>
    <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.0.0</version>
            <configuration>


                <archive>
                    <manifest>
                        <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
                        <classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix>
                    </manifest>
                </archive>

                <webResources>
                    <resource>
                        <!-- this is relative to the pom.xml directory -->
                        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources
                        </directory>

                    </resource>
                </webResources>



                <warName>mywar</warName>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
</plugins>
</build>

the web resources tag is what is important... Hope this helps

This works, however in Tomcat when I load the web application the context root does not work. — user1646481, Dec 04 '12 at 11:51
this link might help you on that, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2593472/define-servlet-context-in-war-file — dinukadev, Dec 04 '12 at 11:57
This answer could be improved by including only the relevant code and context vs. the entire `` tag if possible. — Madbreaks, Jun 27 '18 at 17:57

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 26 '15 at 15:06

-2

Use the tag instead. Above answer using copies everything in src/main/resources to the root of your web application, which is probably not what you want to do nor an example you want to follow.

answered Aug 26 '15 at 15:06

jonathaz

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This answer is unclear and needs further explanation. – Madbreaks Jun 27 '18 at 17:54

Maven WebApp META-INF context.xml

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