[MTOMCAT-188] Allow for the creation of a war that is both executable and deployable

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0-beta-1
• Fix Version/s: 2.1
• Component/s: tomcat7
• Assignee: Olivier Lamy
• Reporter: Mitch Kyle
• Created: 04/Dec/12 14:07
• Updated: 06/Dec/12 21:17
• Resolved: 06/Dec/12 21:03

Description

Currently with the exec-war/-only goals, a jar or war is created that is executable but not deployable to an existing tomcat meaning two release artifacts would be required to take this approach.

Ideally, a new goal would be added for creating war files that can be deployed to an existing tomcat or excuted directly.

Steps
a. Allow tomcat7-war-runner to copy the running war to the webapps folder if some property is set

b. Add a goal to build some war with tomcat7-war-runner overlayed and add a manifest with main-class set.

If this sounds interesting, I can have a patch available soon and any feedback would be great.