[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBSEAM-2051) please put WEB-INF under view instead of resources (seam-gen)

[Gavin King (JIRA)]

    [ http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-2051?page=comments#action_12380777 ] 
            
Gavin King commented on JBSEAM-2051:
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Note that there is a *reason* for the current directory structure: we need to run TestNG tests from inside Eclipse. This structure was created to accommodate that. The "view" directory is not in the classpath, so the tests would break, I guess.

> please put WEB-INF under view instead of resources (seam-gen)
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBSEAM-2051
>                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-2051
>             Project: JBoss Seam
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>          Components: Tools
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.0.CR1
>            Reporter: Dan Allen
>         Assigned To: Max Andersen
>             Fix For: 2.0.x
>
>   Original Estimate: 1 day
>  Remaining Estimate: 1 day
>
> I am aware that there is no hotter issue than this one. But PAUSE before rejecting it and hear me out.
> The current seam-gen project structure is
> src
>   action
>   model
> resources
>   WEB-INF
>   META-INF
> view
> IDEs choke on this structure, but it really comes down to just one folder. The src/ and resources/ directory really aren't a problem. The real problem is that WEB-INF/ just needs to be under view/. Seriously, if that can happen, the IDEs really will be happier. People are not arguing for the sake of arguing. This convention is the way that Sun laid out more than a decade ago and vendors have catered to it ever since (even JBoss). It's not like we woke up one day and said, gee, let's put WEB-INF/ in the folder with web artifacts. Rather than try to change the whole world, can we just move this one folder? I promise I am not arguing to read my own writing. 
> Proposed structure
> src
>   action
>   model
> resources
>   META-INF
> view
>    WEB-INF

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