Re: Running A Test Directly From a war File

From:
Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:00:25 -0500
Message-ID:
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sengsational wrote:

On Feb 7, 2:29 pm, Mark Space <marksp...@sbc.global.net> wrote:

sengsational wrote:

Can I run MyTest.class if it's packed in a war file
like it is (under WEB-INF/classes)?

I don't think so. Running a .jar requires that the MANIFEST.INF file be
configured correctly. However, I think the web container also requires
a correctly configured MANIFEST.INF file, which conflicts with the
needed settings for running from a command line.


The "manifest.mf" file didn't have anything important in it. I was
careful with addint to the file (as indicated here:
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jar.html#MANIFEST). I put a Main-Class:
and a Class-Path: in there, like this:

Class-Path: WEB-INF/classes/ ./ classes/
Main-Class: com.some.myapp.MyTest

Which didn't work. I also took MyTest out of the package and put

Main-Class: MyTest

Which also didn't work.

It's hard to accept that Java "just can't do it". Roedy?

--Dale--
PS: java version "1.6.0_03"


Web applications don't and shouldn't have a main() method. Does yours?

Java EE programs depend on a host (pun intended) of services provided by the
servlet container. What are you giving your app to provide those services?

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