Task Update

Hello everyone. Just wanted to give an update on this task. At this point it compiles from .jsp -> .java -> .class. There are still a few minor issues which im going to list.

Here is the target for reference excuse the horrible formating:

<target name="jspc">

<taskdef classname="org.apache.jasper.JspC" name="jasper2">

<classpath refid="compile.classpath"/>
<classpath id="jspc.classpath">

<!-- Classpath for extra jars -->
<fileset dir="..\server\jbilling\deploy\jbossweb tomcat50.sar">
<include name="jsp-api.jar" />
<include name="commons-el.jar" />
<include name="jasper-compiler.jar" />
<include name="jasper-runtime.jar" />
</fileset>

<!-- Directory for taglibs -->
<dirset dir="${source.dir}\build\classes">
</dirset>

</classpath>

</taskdef>

<!-- Copy the view to the build directory -->
<copy todir="${build.dir}\view">
<fileset dir="${source.dir}\view">
<include name="**/*.jsp"/>
</fileset>
</copy>

<!-- Create the temp directories-->
<mkdir dir="${source.dir}\jsp-java"/>
<mkdir dir="${source.dir}\jsp-classes"/>

<!-- Compile the jsp to .java files -->
<jasper2
validateXml="false"
package = "view"
uriroot = "${source.dir}\build\"
outputDir = "${source.dir}\jsp-java"/>

<!-- Compile the intermediate .java files-->
<javac srcdir="${source.dir}\jsp-java\view\" destdir="${source.dir}\jsp-classes" >

<classpath refid="jspc.classpath" />
<classpath refid="compile.classpath" />

</javac>

<!-- Copy the to the compiled classes to the view for deployment-->
<copy todir="${source.dir}\">
<fileset dir="${source.dir}\jsp-classes\view">
<include name="**/*"/>
</fileset>
</copy>

</target>

Issues:

1. The view directory has to be copied to the build directory. The Jasper compiler uses the uriroot option and looks for the \WEB-INF folder for your web.xml and .tld's in that path.

2. When compiling from .jsp -> .java files the jasper compiler gives this warning:

[jasper2] log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.jasper
compiler.JspRuntimeContext).
[jasper2] log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.

I can get rid of this warning by explictly listing the jars needed instead of using compile.classpath

3. When compiling from .java -> .class files it gives serveral warnings. (100) Here is a snippit you can get the full text by compiling with the -xlint option
C:\jbilling\src\tmp\org\apache\jsp\view\item\editTypeBody_jsp.java:16: warning: [unchecked] unchecked call to add(E) as a member of the raw type java.util.Vector
[javac] _jspx_dependants.add("/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld");
[javac] ^
[javac] Note: Some input files additionally use unchecked or unsafe operations.
[javac] 100 warnings

Ill look at this since all 100 warnings seem to be the same.

4. The target itself needs to be optimized.

One it should rely on the compile target instead of excuting javac again. Right now its actually compiling the .java files twice.

The other thing is when it is compiling the .java files they should go directly into the view directory instead of compiling to a temp directory then copying them over.

5. Needs to be integrated into the build cleanly.

I believe the easiest way will be to have the .class files in the view directory before the war is packaged.

I'll get to work on these issues tommorow. Let me know if anyone can see anything I didnt consider and need to address.

Blake