I build all my web projects at work using RAD/Eclipse, and I’m interested to know where do you normally store your test’s *.class files.
All my web projects have 2 source folders: “src” for source and “test” for testcases. The generated *.class files for both source folders are currently placed under WebContent/WEB-INF/classes folder.
I want to separate the test *.class files from the src *.class files for 2 reasons:-
- There’s no point to store them in WebContent/WEB-INF/classes and deploy them in production.
- Sonar and some other static code analysis tools don’t produce an accurate static code analysis because it takes account of my crappy yet correct testcase code.
So, right now, I have the following output folders:-
- “src” source folder compiles to WebContent/WEB-INF/classes folder.
- “test” source folder compiles to target/test-classes folder.
Now, I’m getting this warning from RAD:-
Broken single-root rule: A project may not contain more than one output folder.
So, it seems like Eclipse-based IDEs prefer one project = one output folder, yet it provides an option for me to set up a custom output folder for my additional source folder from the “build path” dialog, and then it barks at me.
I know I can just disable this warning myself, but I want to know how you handle this.
Updates
I attached a screenshot of one of my projects’ build path dialog. I’m using RAD v7.5.5. It seems like most of you build your projects with Maven. I love to use Maven, I use Maven anywhere else but work because it doesn’t play nice with Websphere. If you know how to get a Mavenized project to work with Webpshere, do let me know too.
I don’t know for RAD but I can tell you that all my projects use a separate output folder for tests and test resources without any problem under Eclipse:
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