How do I add a folder to the classpath of a Tomcat container being started by the maven cargo plugin
Question
I am using the cargo-maven2-plugin to start and stop a tomcat container from my maven build. I am able to get this working for my application including the deployment of extra jar files not included in the war. However, the war file I am deploying needs to have a directory/folder of groovy scripts included in the tomcat common classpath.
Is it possible to configure this cargo plugin to add a folder to the tomcat common classpath? Note, I am not looking to include a jar dependency into this classpath - just the folder of groovy scripts.
Edit: So far I have worked around this by copying in a new catalina.properties file that contains this folder. This works, but it is very container specific.
Solution
You can add a section to include file or directories, for instance
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
<artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.2.3</version>
<configuration>
<container>
...
</container>
<configuration>
<properties>
....
</properties>
<files>
<file>
<file>${basedir}/src/test/resources/alfresco-global.properties</file>
<todir>shared/classes</todir>
</file>
</files>
</configuration>
</configuration>
<executions>
...
</executions>
</plugin>
Further documentation in Maven 2 Plugin Reference Guide