[MWAR-307] containerConfigXML exhibits Tomcat-specific behavior

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: 2.4
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Richard W. Eggert II
• Created: 14/Nov/13 20:55
• Updated: 03/Jun/18 11:31
• Resolved: 03/Jun/18 11:29

Description

The containerConfigXML configuration parameter allows the user to specify a container-specific deployment descriptor file (context.xml, jboss-web.xml, jetty-web.xml, sun-web.xml, weblogic.xml, etc.) to include in the WAR. The plugin places this file in the WAR file's META-INF directory.

However, expecting the file in this location is behavior unique to Tomcat. Every other webapp container in the universe (and possibly parallel universes - I can't be too sure) expects the container-specific deployment descriptor to be located in WEB-INF (alongside web.xml), though some containers are flexible in this regard.

The current plugin behavior makes this configuration parameter unusable when packaging for any container other than Tomcat, forcing users to configure the file as a "webResource" instead.

The location within the WAR where the container-specific deployment descriptor is placed ought to be configurable. I would even say that WEB-INF should be the default, since that is where every container except Tomcat expects it to be (and is where it logically should be, since that is where web.xml goes), but that would unfortunately break it for projects that already rely on the current behavior.

Issue Links

• is related to: MWAR-213 Rename containerConfigXML if it does not match context.xml