diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/pom.xml b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/pom.xml
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-
-
-
- 4.0.0
-
- dev-it-tests
- exploded-war-proj
- 1.0-SNAPSHOT
- war
-
-
- UTF-8
- UTF-8
- 1.7
- 1.7
- LibertyProject
-
- 9080
- 9443
-
- usr
-
-
-
-
-
- io.openliberty.features
- features-bom
- RUNTIME_VERSION
- pom
- import
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- io.openliberty.features
- jaxrs-2.1
- esa
- provided
-
-
- io.openliberty.features
- jsonp-1.1
- esa
- provided
-
-
- io.openliberty.features
- cdi-2.0
- esa
- provided
-
-
- io.openliberty.features
- mpConfig-1.3
- esa
- provided
-
-
- io.openliberty.features
- mpRestClient-1.2
- esa
- provided
-
-
-
- junit
- junit
- 4.13.1
- test
-
-
- org.apache.cxf
- cxf-rt-rs-client
- 3.2.6
- test
-
-
- org.apache.cxf
- cxf-rt-rs-extension-providers
- 3.2.6
- test
-
-
- org.glassfish
- javax.json
- 1.0.4
- test
-
-
-
- org.apache.commons
- commons-lang3
- 3.0
-
-
-
- javax.xml.bind
- jaxb-api
- 2.3.1
-
-
- com.sun.xml.bind
- jaxb-core
- 2.3.0.1
-
-
- com.sun.xml.bind
- jaxb-impl
- 2.3.2
-
-
- javax.activation
- activation
- 1.1.1
-
-
-
- org.slf4j
- slf4j-api
- 1.7.25
-
-
- ch.qos.logback
- logback-classic
- 1.2.3
- runtime
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- org.apache.maven.plugins
- maven-war-plugin
- 3.4.0
-
- false
- pom.xml
-
-
-
-
- false
-
-
-
-
- org.apache.maven.plugins
- maven-surefire-plugin
- 3.1.2
-
-
- test
- default-test
-
-
- **/it/**
-
- ${project.build.directory}/test-reports/unit
-
-
-
-
-
-
- io.openliberty.tools
- liberty-maven-plugin
- SUB_VERSION
-
-
- io.openliberty
- openliberty-kernel
- RUNTIME_VERSION
- zip
-
- ${app.name}
- ${packaging.type}
-
- ${testServerHttpPort}
- ${testServerHttpsPort}
- json
-
-
-
-
-
-
- org.apache.maven.plugins
- maven-failsafe-plugin
- 3.1.2
-
-
- integration-test
- integration-test
-
- integration-test
-
-
-
- **/it/**/*.java
-
-
-
- ${testServerHttpPort}
-
-
-
-
-
- verify-results
-
- verify
-
-
-
-
- ${project.build.directory}/test-reports/it/failsafe-summary.xml
- ${project.build.directory}/test-reports/it
-
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/src/main/java/com/demo/HelloLogger.java b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/src/main/java/com/demo/HelloLogger.java
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--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/src/main/java/com/demo/HelloLogger.java
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-/*******************************************************************************
- * (c) Copyright IBM Corporation 2021.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- *******************************************************************************/
-package com.demo;
-
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-import javax.ws.rs.GET;
-import javax.ws.rs.Path;
-import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
-
-import static javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN;
-
-@Path("/show-log")
-public class HelloLogger {
- private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HelloLogger.class);
-
- @GET
- @Produces(TEXT_PLAIN)
- public String showLog() {
- log.info("Here is the Log");
- return "Log has been shown";
- }
-}
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/src/main/java/com/demo/HelloServlet.java b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/src/main/java/com/demo/HelloServlet.java
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--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/src/main/java/com/demo/HelloServlet.java
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@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
- * (c) Copyright IBM Corporation 2021.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- *******************************************************************************/
-package com.demo;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-import javax.servlet.ServletException;
-import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet;
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
-
-@WebServlet(urlPatterns="/servlet")
-public class HelloServlet extends HttpServlet {
- private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
- private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HelloLogger.class);
-
- protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
- log.info("SLF4J Logger is ready for messages.");
- response.getWriter().append("hello world");
- }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/src/main/java/com/demo/HelloWorld.java b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/src/main/java/com/demo/HelloWorld.java
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--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/src/main/java/com/demo/HelloWorld.java
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@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
- * (c) Copyright IBM Corporation 2021.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- *******************************************************************************/
-package com.demo;
-
-public class HelloWorld {
-
- public String helloWorld() {
- return "helloWorld";
- }
-}
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
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index fdad620d8..000000000
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
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@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-
-
-
- jaxrs-2.1
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/src/main/resources/placeHolder.txt b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/src/main/resources/placeHolder.txt
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index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/test/dev/it/ExplodedLooseWarAppTest.java b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/test/dev/it/ExplodedLooseWarAppTest.java
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index dbe139af8..000000000
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/test/dev/it/ExplodedLooseWarAppTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,154 +0,0 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
- * (c) Copyright IBM Corporation 2021.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- *******************************************************************************/
-package net.wasdev.wlp.test.dev.it;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
-import java.io.BufferedWriter;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileWriter;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.util.Scanner;
-
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-public class ExplodedLooseWarAppTest extends BaseDevTest {
- private final String projectArtifact = "exploded-war-proj-1.0-SNAPSHOT";
- private final String appsDir = "target/liberty/wlp/usr/servers/defaultServer/dropins/";
-
- @BeforeClass
- public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
- setUpBeforeClass(null, "../resources/exploded-war-project");
- }
-
- @AfterClass
- public static void cleanUpAfterClass() throws Exception {
- BaseDevTest.cleanUpAfterClass();
- }
-
- @Ignore // TODO enable this test
- @Test
- public void configureWebXmlFiltering() throws Exception {
- int appDeployedCount = countOccurrences("Running liberty:deploy", logFile);
- // Add deployment descriptor filtering config to pom war plugin
- replaceString("false",
- "true", pom);
-
- // Verify exploded goal running and redeploy
- assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running liberty:deploy", 4000, logFile, ++appDeployedCount));
- assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running maven-war-plugin:exploded", 2000));
-
- // Verify loose app xml is correct
- verifyExplodedLooseApp();
-
- // Remove filtering config
- replaceString("true",
- "false", pom);
-
- // Verify redeploy
- assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running liberty:deploy", 2000));
-
- // Verify loose app xml is back to how it was
- verifyNonExplodedLooseApp();
- }
-
- @Ignore // TODO enable this test
- @Test
- public void configureFilteredResource() throws Exception {
- // Add filtering config to pom war plugin (directory)
- replaceString("", pom);
-
- replaceString("Filtered directory end -->",
- "", pom);
-
- // Verify exploded goal running and redeploy
- assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running liberty:deploy", 2000));
- assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running maven-war-plugin:exploded", 2000));
-
- // Verify loose app xml is correct
- verifyExplodedLooseApp();
-
- // Remove filtering config
- replaceString("",
- "",
- "Filtered directory end -->", pom);
-
- // Verify redeploy
- assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running liberty:deploy", 2000));
-
- // Verify loose app xml is back to how it was
- verifyNonExplodedLooseApp();
- }
-
- @Ignore // TODO enable this test
- @Test
- public void configureWarOverlay() throws Exception {
- // Add filtering config to pom war plugin (directory)
- replaceString("", pom);
-
- replaceString("Overlay configuration end -->",
- "", pom);
-
- // Verify exploded goal running and redeploy
- assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running liberty:deploy", 2000));
- assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running maven-war-plugin:exploded", 2000));
-
- // Verify loose app xml is correct
- verifyExplodedLooseApp();
-
- // Remove filtering config
- replaceString("",
- "",
- "Overlay configuration end -->", pom);
-
- // Verify redeploy
- assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running liberty:deploy", 2000));
-
- // Verify loose app xml is back to how it was
- verifyNonExplodedLooseApp();
- }
-
- private void verifyExplodedLooseApp() throws Exception {
- String looseAppXml = tempProj.getAbsolutePath() + "/" + appsDir + projectArtifact + ".war.xml";
-
- // Verify the target/ entry
- String explodedWar = basicDevProj.getAbsolutePath() + "/target/" + projectArtifact;
- assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyFileExists(new File(looseAppXml), 3000));
- assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("", 3000, new File(looseAppXml)));
- }
-
- private void verifyNonExplodedLooseApp() throws Exception {
- String looseAppXml = tempProj.getAbsolutePath() + "/" + appsDir + projectArtifact + ".war.xml";
-
- // Verify the src/main/webapp entry
- String srcMain = basicDevProj.getAbsolutePath() + "/src/main/webapp";
- assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("", 3000, new File(looseAppXml)));
-
- // Verify the target/classes entry
- String targetClasses = basicDevProj.getAbsolutePath() + "/target/classes";
- assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("", 3000, new File(looseAppXml)));
- }
-}