Provide a mechanism for not including or having an empty webapp directory
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                 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)
        ...

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