I created Dynamic Web Project In Eclipse and created some html pages.
I have another Maven Project Of Java REST API. In Maven Project src->main->webapp->WEB-INF , I pasted my html, so i want to access this html pages, so what should be the path ?
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Your UI resources should not be under WEB-INF folder. You should place your html and CSS folder directly under webapp. You can then access it by URL http://localhost:port/InteractDemo/html (port must be modified as per the server)
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I have some static files ( html, javascript, css - compiled gwt client code). I need to deploy that files in jboss.
That is I need to access like http://localhost:8080/Client/homepage.html .
Where do I need to put the files in jboss.
I tried putting it in
D:\Program Files\jboss-4.2.3.GA\server\default\deploy\Client\homepage.html
restarted the server and tried to access
http://localhost:8080/Client/homepage.html.
But it shows 404 error.
How should I fix this?
If you rename Client folder to Client.war, the example will work.
You don´t need to do anything special to deploy static files, just place them in a valid war and that´s it. By valid war I mean having a WEB-INF folder with your web descriptor inside (web.xml), lib and classes folder, etc..
It is shown here:
http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/5/tutorial/doc/bnadx.html
I am able to access a resource(say test.html) only when it is directly under WebContent in eclipse.If i place it in WEB-INF or WEB-INF/jsp the IDE shows error 404-requested resource is not available.
http://localhost:8080/MyApp/test.html (This works when test.html is under WebContent and not any of it's subdirectory)
When it is in WebContent/WEB-INF
Right click-run takes to the below URL which shows 404-resource not available
http://localhost:8080/MyApp/WEB-INF/test.html
How do i access it by placing "test.html" in WEB-INF or WEB-INF/jsp?
All configurations are default with no restrictions specified in web.xml and using Tomcat 7 as the web server
To prevent access to specific files. You cannot access /WEB-INF/ directory from outside the server itself. If you want to create subdirectory create them under
WebApp/
-index.jsp
-YourSubdirectory/
--test.jsp
test.jsp can be accessed via localhost:8080/MyApp/YourSubdirectory/test.jsp
Files at WEB-INF directory cannot be accessed directly from browser. This is the basic restriction.
However content of this directory could be accessed at application level. Web container provides such opportunity.
For example, if you using SpringMVC, you can map some URL to the file at WIB-INF directory and it will work correctly.
I'm creating a new dynamic web project in Eclipse and was wondering what best practices are for folder taxonomy. Here's what I believe it is <> are folders. Can someone please verify?
<Eclipse project name>
<src>
-- .java files
<WebContent>
-- .html pages
<images>
<css>
<js>
<META-INF>
MANIFEST.MF
<WEB-INF>
web.xml
<app name>
-- .jsp pages
Here is a sample folder structure of a dynamic web project:
As you can see all static files are placed as sub-folders under the WebContent folder. By naming conventions .css files are places in the css sub-folder. JavaScript .js files are placed under the js sub-folder and any image files such as .jpeg or .png are placed in the images sub-folder. I also have an extra lib sub-folder where I placed an angularjs library to be used.
By default after creation of a dynamic web project your web.xml file looks like so:
`<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>`
meaning it will first call the listed default name files when you run your application. This is why most projects will name the files as index.html or index.jsp. NOTE: that my index.html file is directly below the WebContent folder and not in a sub-folder
Finally you can call/include your static files (.css .js and image files) from your 'index' file like so:
<link rel="stylesheet" href=css/bootstrap.min.css>
<link rel="stylesheet" href=css/bootstrap-theme.min.css>
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/contactsApp.js"></script>
Also your .java files will properly go in the Java Resources -> src -> {place java files here}
Put your pages under WEB-INF folder, in that way they cannot be accessed directly.
Also look at maven directory layout http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-standard-directory-layout.html.
To what Aleksandr M said,
WebContent folder:
The mandatory location of all web resources, including HTML, JSP, graphic files, and so on. If the files are not placed in this directory(or in a sub directory structure under this directory), the files will not be available when the application is executed on the server.
WEB-INF
Based on the Sun Microsystems Java Servlet 2.3 Specification, this directory contains the supporting Web resources for a Web application, including the web.xml file and the classes and lib directories.
Source: http://help.eclipse.org/juno/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.wst.webtools.doc.user%2Ftopics%2Fccwebprj.html
I am not sure why having an app-name directory under WebContent would be considered a "best practice".
Other than that, one primary rule you should be following when coming up with a directory structure is to have all static resources under one directory. In your example, I would have a subdirectory called static under WebContent, and place the js, css and images directories under it.
That way, it'd be easier for you to (later on) configure your HTTP server to pick static resources directly from the file system rather than route requests for static resources through the servlet container.
I had this question too and can't comment yet, but Upendra Bittu's answer helped me.
http://help.eclipse.org/neon/index.jsp
Search 'jsp', click on "Creating JavaServer Pages (JSP) files"
Create a dynamic Web project if you have not already done so.
In the Project Explorer, expand your project and right click on your WebContent folder or on a subfolder under WebContent. Note that
if you choose any other folder in which to create the JSP, then it
will not be included in the WAR file that is deployed to the server.
In addition, link validation will not encompass files that are not
under the WebContent folder.
From the context menu, select New > JSP. The New Java Server Page window appears with your folder selected
I'm trying out tutorials and get lost when people don't say where they create their files, and this helped me understand what's going on, so I'm just passing it on.
Can someone help me to place my GWT application on Jetty. I am not using maven. I have libraries in my build path.
First I am taking the war folder already exploded and copy it in jetty/webapps, then in folder context.
I have placed a folde named BiddingSystem in folder web apps, it is an already exploded folder and not a .war file
In folder jetty/context, there is a file test.xml
I am renaming the file to BiddingSystem.xml
and also editing content of BiddingSystem.xml, finally the content of BiddingSystem.xml is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE Configure PUBLIC "-//Jetty//Configure//EN" "http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/configure.dtd">
<configure class="org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext">
<set name="contextPath">/BiddingSystem</set>
<set name="war"><systemproperty name="jetty.home" default="."/>/webapps/BiddingSystem</set>
</configure>
I am getting this error:
to deploy GWT app on Jetty, you often do not need to configure anything.
Copy your 'war' folder (which is created in your eclipse project by GWT) to JETTY_HOME\webapps
change the name 'war' to anything you like for examples "StockWatcher" so you will have JETTY_HOME\webapps\StockWatcher. Now start jetty server and try http://localhost:8080/StockWatcher on your Chrome :)
When GWT is compiled it creates just javascript and html (plus resources like css/jpg/etc..). GWT jars and your Java classes are only used during build process and NOT needed during deployment.
So, you just need to copy contents of you /war directory to your Jetty deployment directory.
There is a .html file which is called host page. It links to all other javascript and css pages needed. This is the entry point to your app. Just open this page in your browser.
It seems that you are new to GWT so there are a few basic things you need to know:
GWT is a client-side technology. You write Java code which is compiled to javascript that then runs inside browser. In this sense GWT is more related to javascript libraries (jQuery,..) than classic page-by-page web frameworks (jsf, Ror, php).
GWT app runs inside a single HTML page (called a host page). This page ever reloads. Look at Gmail to see how this works (though Gmail itself is not written in GWT) .
GWT is NOT a server side technology. You can use any technology on the server side (php, RoR, anything) that supports REST.
GWT can talk to server via AJAX. The data exchange format can be JSON or XML. Backend can be any technology that can produce REST-style JSON or XML content. If you have Java backend you can use GWT-RPC which adds some more capabilities over AJAX/JSON.
What do i need to upload from my gwt project to web hosting?
its just html or all project files?
Any modern Java IDE gives you an option to export a web project as a war module. If your are not using an IDE, it depends:
If you just write your code under client folder, no need to upload any .class files to the server. You don't need any Java Application server as well, and a normal HTTP server (such as Apache) would suffice. An example of such a GWT application is GWT showcase which is included in GWT download package.
If you have any server-side code under server package, then you should upload .class files (under WEB-INF/classes folder in your web modile) as well as the rest of .js, .css, .jpg/gif, .html files. In this case you need a servlet container such as Tomcat to serve your server-side code.
You'll only need to upload the html files, the css files, and your java file. Also, any other file linked to within your html files need to go in the same directory.