Provide a mechanism for not including or having an empty webapp directory -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: MWAR-244 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MWAR-244 Project: Maven 2.x WAR Plugin Issue Type: Improvement Affects Versions: 2.1.1 Reporter: Mike Calmus Priority: Minor If the configured (or default) webapp directory does not exist, the plugin throws an IllegalArgumentException saying the directory does not exist. There should be a way to proceed without having to create an empty directory. [INFO] Trace java.lang.IllegalStateException: basedir D:\mydir\src\main\webapp does not exist at org.codehaus.plexus.util.DirectoryScanner.scan(DirectoryScanner.java:290) at org.apache.maven.plugin.war.packaging.WarProjectPackagingTask.getFilesToCopy(WarProjectPackagingTask.java:373) at org.apache.maven.plugin.war.packaging.WarProjectPackagingTask.copyResources(WarProjectPackagingTask.java:317) at org.apache.maven.plugin.war.packaging.WarProjectPackagingTask.handleWebResources(WarProjectPackagingTask.java:135) at org.apache.maven.plugin.war.packaging.WarProjectPackagingTask.performPackaging(WarProjectPackagingTask.java:91) at org.apache.maven.plugin.war.AbstractWarMojo.buildWebapp(AbstractWarMojo.java:472) at org.apache.maven.plugin.war.AbstractWarMojo.buildExplodedWebapp(AbstractWarMojo.java:404) at org.apache.maven.plugin.war.WarMojo.performPackaging(WarMojo.java:197) at org.apache.maven.plugin.war.WarMojo.execute(WarMojo.java:159) ... -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira