Question

I have two same web projects(Java) with different name in my workspace. One is the currentVersion and the other one is the OldVersion, which is checked out today from SVN (almost 100 commits lower than the current Version).

I am trying to run both the projects at the same time, because i need to fix a bug which is not appearing in the old version of the same project.

The problem is, i am able to access the CurrentVersion project from the web browser with the below link.

http://localhost:8080/<ProjectName-CurrentVersion>/

But i am not able to access the OldVersion with the below link

http://localhost:8080/<ProjectName-OldVersion>/

What i should do to run both the projects at the same time?

I am using Jetty Servlet Container.

Then i also tried to remove the Current Version Project from Jetty’s Webapps folder and tried to run the Old Version alone.

But, Jetty is not deploying the OldVersion project and it throws an error

F:/Oops/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/CurrentVersion/

is not found.

What should i do to run both of the projects at the same time in Eclipse?

Any suggestions would be appreciative!

Thanks

Answer 1

You probably need to use unique deployment names and context roots. If both versions share these properties, you’ll likely run into conflicts. You may be able solve this by modifying the project’s WTP configuration. The following configuration properties in the org.eclipse.wst.common.component file (within the .settings directory from your project’s root) may need to be modified so that they are unique:

<project-modules id="moduleCoreId" project-version="2.0">
  <wb-module deploy-name="theProjectName-theVersion">
  <property name="context-root" value="/theContextRoot-theVersion"/>
  . . .

You’d then need to access your web application using the customized context-roots provided:

http://localhost:8080/theContextRoot-theVersion/