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Tue, 23 October 2012 17:16  |
Brendan Neff Messages: 2 Registered: October 2012 |
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I'm not well-versed in Ant, so I apologize if some of what I say doesn't make sense. Basically, we have 3 different targets that build our .war files with different properties so we can deploy to a local machine, dev, or production server. For some reason, one of my projects, regardless of which build option I select, will only use the properties file in the 'local' directory. Other projects with similar build files work fine, and to make it even stranger, other people in the office use this same build file without any problems (I have also closed the project, deleted it, deleted the folder, checked it out of SVN again, imported it back into eclipse, and still got the same result). I was hoping someone might have some insight into what could be causing this problem. I'll attach my build file below along with the start of the console output with ant running with the verbose argument (I can add more of the output, but I don't think most of it is relevant). Also, I'm running Eclipse Version: Helios Service Release 2 Build id: 20110218-0911 if that makes a difference.
build.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<project name="ControlPanelApp" default="war-LOCAL">
<dirname property="directory.base" file="${ant.file}" />
<import file="${directory.base}/../build/ant/build-utils.xml"/>
<!-- Initialize the Time Stamp -->
<tstamp>
<format property="YEAR" pattern="yyyy" />
</tstamp>
<dirname property="directory.base" file="${ant.file}" />
<property name="directory.WEB-INF" value="${directory.base}/WebContent/WEB-INF" />
<property name="directory.lib" value="${directory.base}/WebContent/WEB-INF/lib" />
<property name="directory.build" value="${directory.base}/build" />
<property name="directory.dist" value="${directory.base}/dist" />
<property name="tomcat.lib" value="C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Tomcat 5.5/common/lib"/>
<!-- Compiler options -->
<property name="compiler.debug" value="on" />
<property name="compiler.generate.no.warnings" value="off" />
<property name="compiler.max.memory" value="128m" />
<patternset id="ignored.files">
<exclude name="**/CVS/**" />
<exclude name="**/SCCS/**" />
<exclude name="**/RCS/**" />
<exclude name="**/rcs/**" />
<exclude name="**/.DS_Store/**" />
<exclude name="**/.svn/**" />
<exclude name="**/.sbas/**" />
<exclude name="**/.IJI.*/**" />
<exclude name="**/vssver.scc/**" />
<exclude name="**/vssver2.scc/**" />
</patternset>
<patternset id="compiler.resources">
<include name="**/?*.properties" />
<include name="**/?*.xml" />
<include name="**/?*.gif" />
<include name="**/?*.png" />
<include name="**/?*.jpeg" />
<include name="**/?*.jpg" />
<include name="**/?*.html" />
<include name="**/?*.dtd" />
<include name="**/?*.tld" />
</patternset>
<path id="compile.classpath">
<pathelement location="${directory.base}/build/classes" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/antlr.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/activation.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/barcodes.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/commons-chain-1.1.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/commons-codec-1.3.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/commons-digester-1.8.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/commons-fileupload-1.2.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/commons-io-1.1.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/commons-logging-1.0.4.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/commons-validator-1.3.1.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/crimson.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/dwr.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/google-checkout.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/java-xmlbuilder-1.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/jets3t-0.7.0.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/mail.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/oro-2.0.8.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/pngencoder-1.0.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.base}/../libs/servlet.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.base}/../libs/log4j-1.2.8.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/struts-core-1.3.8.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/struts-taglib-1.3.8.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/struts-tiles-1.3.8.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/poi-3.0-alpha2-20060616.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/poi-contrib-3.0-alpha2-20060616.jar" />
<pathelement location="${directory.lib}/poi-scratchpad-3.0-alpha2-20060616.jar" />
</path>
<target name="init" description="Build initialization">
<!-- Create the time stamp -->
<tstamp />
</target>
<target name="clean" depends="init" description="cleaning directories">
<delete dir="${directory.dist}" />
<mkdir dir="${directory.dist}" />
<delete dir="${directory.build}" />
<mkdir dir="${directory.build}" />
<mkdir dir="${directory.build}/classes" />
</target>
<target name="compile" depends="clean" description="Compiling">
<javac destdir="${directory.build}/classes" debug="${compiler.debug}"
nowarn="${compiler.generate.no.warnings}" memorymaximumsize="${compiler.max.memory}"
fork="true" srcdir="${directory.base}/src">
<classpath refid="compile.classpath" />
<patternset refid="ignored.files" />
</javac>
<copy todir="${directory.build}/classes">
<fileset dir="${directory.base}/src">
<patternset refid="compiler.resources" />
<type type="file" />
</fileset>
</copy>
<copy todir="${directory.build}/classes">
<fileset dir="${directory.base}/src">
<exclude name="java/**" />
<patternset refid="compiler.resources" />
<type type="file" />
</fileset>
</copy>
</target>
<target name="-war" depends="compile" description="Will build everything and war it up">
<war destfile="${directory.dist}/ControlPanelApp.war" webxml="${directory.WEB-INF}/web.xml">
<fileset dir="${directory.base}/WebContent" casesensitive="yes" />
<lib dir="${directory.lib}" casesensitive="true">
<exclude name="**/servlet-api.jar" />
<exclude name="**/jsp-api.jar" />
</lib>
<classes dir="${directory.build}/classes" includes="**/*" />
<metainf dir="${directory.base}/WebContent/META-INF"
casesensitive="true" />
</war>
</target>
<target name="war-DEV" description="Set the DEV props into the war when building">
<property name="directory.properties" value="${directory.base}/properties/dev" />
<antcall target="-war"/>
</target>
<target name="war-LOCAL" description="Set the LOCAL props into the war when building">
<property name="directory.properties" value="${directory.base}/properties/local" />
<antcall target="-war"/>
</target>
<target name="war-PROD" description="Set the PROD props into the war when building">
<property name="directory.properties" value="${directory.base}/properties/prod" />
<antcall target="-war"/>
</target>
</project>
console output:
Apache Ant version 1.7.1 compiled on June 27 2008
Buildfile: C:\src\controlpanelapp\build.xml
parsing buildfile C:\src\controlpanelapp\build.xml with URI = file:/C:/src/controlpanelapp/build.xml
Project base dir set to: C:\src\controlpanelapp
[antlib:org.apache.tools.ant] Could not load definitions from resource org/apache/tools/ant/antlib.xml. It could not be found.
Importing file C:\src\build\ant\build-utils.xml from C:\src\controlpanelapp\build.xml
parsing buildfile C:\src\build\ant\build-utils.xml with URI = file:/C:/src/build/ant/build-utils.xml
Override ignored for property "directory.base"
Override ignored for property "YEAR"
Override ignored for property "DSTAMP"
Override ignored for property "TSTAMP"
Override ignored for property "TODAY"
Override ignored for property "directory.base"
Build sequence for target(s) `war-PROD' is [war-PROD]
Complete build sequence is [war-PROD, -compile-rules-engine, build-utils.-compile-domain-objects, build-utils.-compile-tools, init, clean, compile, -war, build-utils.-compile-client-request, -compile-sms, war-LOCAL, -compile-lender-ping-tree, build-utils.-compile-lender-ping-tree, build-utils.-compile-sms, -compile-domain-objects, -compile-client-request, build-utils.-compile-mapper, -compile-mapper, -compile-tools, war-DEV, build-utils.-compile-rules-engine, ]
war-PROD:
Project base dir set to: C:\src\controlpanelapp
[antcall] calling target(s) [-war] in build file C:\src\controlpanelapp\build.xml
parsing buildfile C:\src\controlpanelapp\build.xml with URI = file:/C:/src/controlpanelapp/build.xml
Project base dir set to: C:\src\controlpanelapp
Override ignored for property "directory.base"
Importing file C:\src\build\ant\build-utils.xml from C:\src\controlpanelapp\build.xml
parsing buildfile C:\src\build\ant\build-utils.xml with URI = file:/C:/src/build/ant/build-utils.xml
Override ignored for property "YEAR"
Override ignored for property "DSTAMP"
Override ignored for property "TSTAMP"
Override ignored for property "TODAY"
Override ignored for property "directory.base"
Override ignored for property "file.reference.tools.jar"
Override ignored for property "file.reference.cmv-sms.jar"
Override ignored for property "file.reference.cmv-domain-objects.jar"
Override ignored for property "file.reference.cmv-mapper.jar"
Override ignored for property "file.reference.cmv-rules-engine.jar"
Override ignored for property "file.reference.cmv-lender-ping-tree.jar"
Override ignored for property "file.reference.cmv-client-request.jar"
Override ignored for property "file.reference.tools-build.xml"
Override ignored for property "file.reference.cmv-sms-build.xml"
Override ignored for property "file.reference.cmv-domain-objects-build.xml"
Override ignored for property "file.reference.cmv-mapper-build.xml"
Override ignored for property "file.reference.cmv-rules-engine-build.xml"
Override ignored for property "file.reference.cmv-lender-ping-tree-build.xml"
Override ignored for property "file.reference.cmv-client-request-build.xml"
Override ignored for property "YEAR"
Override ignored for property "DSTAMP"
Override ignored for property "TSTAMP"
Override ignored for property "TODAY"
Override ignored for property "directory.base"
Override ignored for property "directory.WEB-INF"
Override ignored for property "directory.lib"
Override ignored for property "directory.build"
Override ignored for property "directory.dist"
Override ignored for property "tomcat.lib"
Override ignored for property "compiler.debug"
Override ignored for property "compiler.generate.no.warnings"
Override ignored for property "compiler.max.memory"
Build sequence for target(s) `-war' is [init, clean, compile, -war]
Complete build sequence is [init, clean, compile, -war, -compile-rules-engine, build-utils.-compile-domain-objects, build-utils.-compile-tools, build-utils.-compile-client-request, -compile-sms, war-LOCAL, -compile-lender-ping-tree, build-utils.-compile-lender-ping-tree, build-utils.-compile-sms, -compile-domain-objects, -compile-client-request, build-utils.-compile-mapper, war-PROD, -compile-mapper, -compile-tools, war-DEV, build-utils.-compile-rules-engine, ]
[antcall] Entering C:\src\controlpanelapp\build.xml...
Build sequence for target(s) `-war' is [init, clean, compile, -war]
Complete build sequence is [init, clean, compile, -war, -compile-rules-engine, build-utils.-compile-domain-objects, build-utils.-compile-tools, build-utils.-compile-client-request, -compile-sms, war-LOCAL, -compile-lender-ping-tree, build-utils.-compile-lender-ping-tree, build-utils.-compile-sms, -compile-domain-objects, -compile-client-request, build-utils.-compile-mapper, war-PROD, -compile-mapper, -compile-tools, war-DEV, build-utils.-compile-rules-engine, ]
init:
Override ignored for property "DSTAMP"
Override ignored for property "TSTAMP"
Override ignored for property "TODAY"
clean:
[delete] Deleting directory C:\src\controlpanelapp\dist
[delete] Deleting C:\src\controlpanelapp\dist\ControlPanelApp.war
[delete] Deleting directory C:\src\controlpanelapp\dist
...
Inside the main project of the folder is a 'properties' folder that contains three folders, 'dev', 'local', 'prod', which each have a variety of .properties files. Every time I build the a .war, it uses the .properties files from the 'local' folder. I have confirmed this by changing values and even file names in the 'local' folder and can see that they were changed in the .war that is created.
Please let me know if there's any other information that I could provide to help troubleshoot this issue.
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