Where does eclipse publish(disk location) the web project? - eclipse

When I run my web project in Eclipse, it publish the compiled class and html and jsp, etc.. to the webapps tomcat directory. But I couldn't find those files in the webapps directory of the tomcat that is set in eclipse configuration (CATALINA_HOME).
maybe it was hidden... umm no.. there aren't hidden files in the tomcat/webapps directory...
Anyone know where Eclipse copy my web project or how does eclipse to run my web projects??

Web projects in Eclipse will be published to
[workspace]/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp[X]/wtpwebapps/
You can find the exact target in the Run Configuration of the Server.

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Servlet works in Eclipse, but not from my tomcat server

Im teaching myself servlets, found some very good tutorials and have great success in Eclipse Neon EE. (very basic servlet that just serves a simple static web page)
I installed Tomcat standalone before installing Eclipse Neon EE, and tested it and I get the regulat apache tomcat page. The tutorials I found also guided me on how to set up the tomcat server in Eclipse. They also showed me how to create a project and servlet. Even though I use 3.1, I still have Eclipse create the web.xml file.
When I run my servlet, Eclipse starts up Tomcat and does everything, and opens a browser tab within Eclipse and it takes me to http://127.0.01:9999/first/Hello and it serves up my web page. No problem. So now I export my project as WAR file, tell Eclipse to put the .war file right in my tomcat8's ROOT dir. Then i stop the tomcat8 server in eclipse and shut down eclipse. Then I use startup.bat and tomcat comes up, but then I cannot surf to http://127.0.01:9999/first/Hello from this same PC, it just gives 404 with "The origin server did not find a current representation for the target resource or is not willing to disclose that one exists."
Im not quite sure what steps I am missing?
You have to put your war file (first.war) into the "webapps" subdirectory, not into the root Folder of your tomcat server. Have a look at : How to deploy a war file in Tomcat 7
Copy the .war file (first.war) to %CATALINA_HOME%\webapps ( E.g.: C:\tomcat\webapps )
Run %CATALINA_HOME%\bin\startup.bat
Your .war file will be extracted automatically to a folder that has the same name (without extension) (E.g.: hello)
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Jboss tools doesn't publish my jar project

I have a problem with my eclipse (3.6, Helios) and my jboss tools plugin (3.2).
When I publish my war project with JbossTools in a jboss server, all jars in build path are publish in WEB-INF/lib directory on the server. It's ok for that.
But, I have several jar projects in eclipse linked to my war project. In the build path of my war project, these jars appear in the "Projects" tab, no in the "Libraries" tab. This works is normal but all projects in "Projects" tab are not publish in the server.
Someone can help me about that ?
Thanks.
For jar/wars you use the deployment/module assembly page in project properties.

Deploying GWT app to tomcat in eclipse

I want to use tomcat server in development mode with GWT. When I use embedded Jetty it deploys application to the current directory(where my war folder is located). So it generates all the files there. How can I configure eclipse to use tomcat server and all the deployment stuff to be copied to tomcat webapps directory. I have tried to use -noserver option in Run conigurations, but it doesn't copy any resource from war directory to server deployment directory.
Can I use tomcat server in such manner?
P.S. i want to solve this problem withou ant or maven
Using my own server in development mode instead of GWT's built-in Jetty instance
You will need to copy the contents of the WAR folder over, but only once.
Have you looked at Eclipse WTP? It allows deploying to a server right from within Eclipse.
For a GWT project, you'd then, in addition, follow that recipe: http://code.google.com/eclipse/docs/faq.html#gwt_in_eclipse_for_java_ee

deploying a war file in WTP(Eclipse) tomcat server

I have a maven build Java project.
My war file name is: test-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war
I am using M2E plugin in Eclipse.
I have run target mvn package.
Added server as tomcat version 7 in eclipse indigo 3.7. Server started. But my war file didn't deployed in the server.
I have tried by right clicking tomcat server and Add remove..., it says "there is no resources that can be added or removed from the server".
How can i deploy my war file in the eclipse WTP tomcat server?. Do i need to run any maven target?
Make sure that you have "Maven Integration for WTP" installed in your Eclipse instance.
First check if it's available through
Window->Preferences->Maven->Discovery->Open Catalog
If for whatever reason this does not work, you can get WTP integration from this update site (that's the version I am currently using):
https://repository.sonatype.org/content/repositories/forge-sites/m2eclipse-wtp/0.13.0/S/0.13.0.20110623-0455
This integration does a lifecycle mapping of maven-war-plugin into m2e architecture.
Once you've installed the WTP integration, you must restart eclipse and once it's restarted, right click on your web app project and choose: Maven->Update Project Configuration...
Also, I would advise to run a clean build at this time.
Last, but not least, delete and recreate your Tomcat server configuration (I don't know why, but I had to do it quite a few times when I switched to m2e).
I think eclipse is not recognizing your project as a web app, To confirm this
Open to do open J2ee perspective on your eclipse, If you open the project folder of your app, You should see (Deployment Descriptor)
If you don't see it, your app is not web app as far as eclipse is concerned
I have see this in case if you imported/created a maven command line project
To fix this
Select Project ==> Properties ==> Project Facets ==> make sure Dynamic Web Module check box is checked
If you do that the local tomcat server will add your app when do add remove projects
I think eclipse is not recognizing your project as web app,convert your project into web app by command mvn eclipse:eclipse -Dwtpversion=2.0 and try to deploy in Eclipse configured tomcat,it will work.
If you have Eclipse 3.5 or above you should ensure that you have both the m2eclipse (m2e for 3.7) plugin installed and its WTP add-on. With these you shouldn't need to change your configuration by hand.
Did you try to build your project from the command line and deploy it in Tomcat by hand?
By the way, have you read this wiki post? It's a bit old, but it may still be relevant.
Adding 2 cents to Prasanna wonderful solution.
I realized that building maven war files "mvn package" was just creating .war file but eclipse was not picking up that war but was deploying its some internal version of it's app war.
I found that server > Browse Deployment Location.. in Eclipse server view .. it was taking to some abstract location like "C:\Programs\workspaceSTS.metadata.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp1\wtpwebapps"
Where I could see my exploded app deployed but it was not having any /classes folder just limited files.
Using Prasanna's method I realized that eclipse now was deploying full exploded .war now.
So this was happening coz changing the facets to Dynamic Web Module has actually populated "R-click project > Properties > Deployment Assembly "
This Web Deployment Assembly window only tells eclipse what to deploy and what not. So even if your project is NOT setup as Dynamic Web Module , and still if you configure "Web Deployment Assembly" values properly , eclipse will deploy the app fine to Tomcat/ Server.

Deploy "exploded" folder to Tomcat in Eclipse

I just installed Eclipse for Java EE developers, Created a New Project by checking out files through SVN from a repository.
I was able to successfully generate an "exploded" web app folder through an ANT build.
How do I deploy this exploded folder (not .war file) to Tomcat? Any configuration that needs to be done?
Thanks.
Just make an ant target that copies the folder directly into the deploy folder of tomcat, usually $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps. Tomcat should then deploy the app in it's container.