Add web application context to Jetty

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I want to create simple Spring MVC "Hello world" application that runs under Jetty (wich is a part of application). Structure of my application is: ``` |-WEB-INF | |-view | |-layout | |-index.jsp | |-web.xml | |-jetty.xml |-application-context.xml ``` I try to create Jetty server and add web application context based on web.xml file: ``` Resource jettyConfig = Resource.newSystemResource("jetty.xml"); XmlConfiguration configuration = new XmlConfiguration(jettyConfig.getInputStream()); Server server = (Server)configuration.configure(); WebAppContext wac = new WebAppContext(); wac.setDescriptor("WEB-INF/web.xml"); wac.setContextPath("/"); wac.setParentLoaderPriority(true); server.setHandler(wac); server.start(); ``` Server starts fine, but without my context: no info about spring start up in logs, spring mvc controllers are not available. Have anybody ideas what I do wrong? Content of jetty.xml: ``` …

Accepted Answer

If you are running with an exploded war directory try setting the resource base property explicitly:

```
context.setResourceBase("/path-to-your-project/WebContent");
context.setDescriptor("/path-to-your-project/WebContent/WEB-INF/web.xml");
```

or if you are deploying the war itself you can just use:

```
  context.setWar("/path-to-your-project/WebContent");
```

Here are the docs showing embedded Jetty samples.

In the context of your app:

```
Resource jettyConfig = Resource.newSystemResource("jetty.xml");
XmlConfiguration configuration = new XmlConfiguration(jettyConfig.getInputStream());
Server server = (Server)configuration.configure();

WebAppContext wac = new WebAppContext();
wac.setResourceBase(".");
wac.setDescriptor("WEB-INF/web.xml");
wac.setContextPath("/");
wac.setParentLoaderPriority(true);
server.setHandler(wac);

server.start();
```

This assumes that your base path where you're running your server from is the same as the path to the web content.

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