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

[Dan Allen (JIRA)]

    [ http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-2051?page=comments#action_12380782 ] 
            
Dan Allen commented on JBSEAM-2051:
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Shoot, I was afraid to ask for anything more. I can go for a full fix but I was afraid that might topple the whole request.

Actually, the TestNG tests will still be fine (with a small build modification). Here is why. The buildtest ant target is what prepares the test classpath. It is used both when "ant test" is run and is attached to the Eclipse build life cycle (it could easily be added to the build life cycle of other IDEs as well). That target can just put the WEB-INF folder on the test classpath for the purpose of running tests. Done!

> 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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