Re: [Soaplab-users] ant error?

[Mahmut U. <ul...@eb...>]

Hi Sirisha,

> I have been using Soaplab2 successfully and have been able to deploy and 
> run services with no issue - however I always get the same error message 
> when I execute "ant jaxdeploy" (this appears right at the end after a 
> bunch of other tasks are successfully completed):
> 
> BUILD FAILED
> /home/sirisha/soaplab2/xmls/jaxws.xml:155: The following error occurred 
> while executing this line:
> /home/sirisha/soaplab2/xmls/deployment.xml:151: The following error 
> occurred while executing this line:
> /home/sirisha/soaplab2/xmls/tomcat.xml:78: Unable to delete file 
> /var/lib/tomcat5/webapps/soaplab2/status.jsp

There is an explanation for this error on Soaplab frequently asked
questions page.

  http://soaplab.sourceforge.net/soaplab2/FAQ.html#004

One additional point i have noticed this morning, Soaplab deletes any
previous web application folders (of the soaplab web application
deployed) after copying the web archive file to tomcat's webapps
directory. It is possible that before Soaplab attempting to delete the
web application folder tomcat notices the new web archive file and
starts extracting it; in your case while tomcat was trying to write the
above file Soaplab ant task possible was trying to delete it?

I remember getting similar errors in early stages of soaplab2 project
but i'm not able to reproduce it any more when i now try it using tomcat
versions 5.5.20 and 6.0.18. Is it possible that you are using an
outdated version of tomcat which is more prone to this error?

One way to avoid this error message, you can shutdown your tomcat server
before calling the "ant jaxdeploy" task and restart it after the ant
task completed.

If you don't want to shutdown your server you can use the "ant jaxwar"
target to let Soaplab produce the web archive file (normally
soaplab2.war when using jaxws) then you can deploy the web archive file
by simply copying it to your ${CATALINA_BASE}/webapps directory or using
tomcat manager web interface. After first time deploying a web archive
file you should normally copy your new web archive file over the
existing one (under ${CATALINA_BASE}/webapps directory), and tomcat
should automatically reload your soaplab web application.

Regards,
Mahmut