使用Ant和Eclipse创建Struts 1.X项目

Question

I have a war(built using Struts 1.x jars) which has been deployed on server but do not have the corresponding source code so I have basically extracted the .class files from the jar and de-compiled them and trying to build the source code(project) and commit to repository.

So, I want to create a Struts 1.x project using Ant tool, import it into Eclipse IDE and then generate a war.

I tried the following:

1. Created a dynamic web project & added struts jars

New -> Other -> Web - >Dynamic Web Project
Updated web.xml & created struts-config.xml under WEB-INF
Then struts jars were added to build path

2. Created an Ant build file for existing project

Select File > Export from main menu<br/> 

In the Export dialog, select General > Ant Buildfilesas follows:

Click Next. In the Generate Ant Buildfilesscreen:
Check the project in list.
Uncheck the option "Create target to compile project using Eclipse compiler" because we want to create a build file which is independent of Eclipse.
Leave the Name for Ant buildfile as default: build.xml
Click Finish, Eclipse will generate the build.xmlfile 

3. Run Ant build to build a war.

Is this the correct way of building war using ant tool? Or is there any other way?

Answer 1

You need to create Target for bulding war file:

see this link http://www.tutorialspoint.com/ant/ant_creating_war_files.htm

for how to create target for building war file.