[jira] Commented: (MWAR-47) Regression : Files not copied when overlaying wars

["Douglas Ferguson (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

    [ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MWAR-47?page=comments#action_73836 ] 
            
Douglas Ferguson commented on MWAR-47:
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I actually would prefer that files in the "real,final" projects would take priority over anything in a dependency.

I was suprised when this changed. Could this be configurable?

D-

> Regression : Files not copied when overlaying wars
> --------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MWAR-47
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MWAR-47
>             Project: Maven 2.x War Plugin
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 2.0
>            Reporter: Eric Bottard
>         Assigned To: Brett Porter
>             Fix For: 2.0.1
>
>   Original Estimate: 30 minutes
>          Time Spent: 45 minutes
>  Remaining Estimate: 0 minutes
>
> The handy "overlay wars" functionnality seems to have changed with release 2.0 : files that are already in place (no matter last modification date) are never overwritten from overlaid wars.
> This is problematic since after a first packaging of the war file, any file coming from a dependent war will already sit there and will never be updated.
> The faulty line is here (AbstractWarMojo.java):
> for ( int j = 0; j < files.length; j++ )
>         {
>             File targetFile = new File( targetDir, files[j] );
>             // Do not overwrite existing files.
>             if ( !targetFile.exists() ) // <========================== WILL ALWAYS FAIL
>             {
>                 try
>                 {
>                     targetFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
>                     copyFileIfModified( new File( srcDir, files[j] ), targetFile );
>                 }
>                 catch ( IOException e )
>                 {
>                     throw new MojoExecutionException( "Error copying file '" + files[j] + "' to '" + targetFile + "'",
>                                                       e );
>                 }
>             }
>         }
> My use case is, I guess, pretty common : I have a "framework" project (packaging = war) that must benefit may "real, final" projects that produce the final artifact (packaging = war as well). The "framework" part is a 'dependent war' of the real project and is 'overlaid' by the war plugin. The trouble is, if I update any file of the framework part, changes are not taken into account since files already exist in the target directory.
> Please consider removing the " if ( !targetFile.exists() )" part (last modification date alone is fine).
> regards,
> eb.

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