[wtp-dev] [353775] Allowing Java content in Static Web projects

[Carl Anderson <ccc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Folks,

	In short, we are looking for adopters that rely on the fact that the
wst.web facet conflicts with the jst.java facet.  We intend to make a
behavior change (not an API change, since this is about a facet
exclusion... I would treat it as "Protected Non-API Usage"), and as per
http://wiki.eclipse.org/WTP_API_Policy, we are making a public disclosure
of what we intend to do.  If any adopters have an opinion on this, can they
please comment on https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=353775 ?  I
also want to clarify that this is *NOT* making the wst.web facet (Static
Web projects) have the same functionality as the jst.web facet (Dynamic Web
projects).  Here is what I wrote in comment #18:

We are not making the Static Web facet anywhere near the same as the
Dynamic Web Facet.  You still need a Dynamic Web project for:  JSPs,
Servlets, a classpath container that includes the contents of WEB-INF/lib,
a WEB-INF/web.xml, packaging as a WAR, etc.

We are allowing for Static Web projects to have Applets and other Java
classes in them (rather than having a Java project map to the Static Web
project, ending up with a .jar inside of it).  For devices such as mobile
phones (which can have html, css, JavaScript, and Java classes), this is a
necessity- you can't have the classes in a jar.  When I first developed a
web site in 1995, it consisted of an index.html that had a Java applet in
it (not in a jar) that would redirect you to other html files according to
what was displayed at the time.  Sadly, I cannot create that same Static
Web project in older versions of WTP, since I cannot create a Java Applet
in my Static Web project.

Also, to satisfy the prerequisites of the WTP API Policy, there is no
deprecation possible, no migration path - this is the removal of the
constraints on the jst.java facet that forbids it to be used with the
wst.web facet.  It is an all-or-nothing change.  And we have one adopter
that is requiring it.

FWIW,

- Carl Anderson
WTP programmer