Introduction

WebLauncher is Launching Plugin for Web Container.

WebLauncher includes some of Web Container, so you needless to download servers.

• Apache Tomcat(6.0.x , 5.5.x) is most popular Web Container.
• Jetty6 is fuctional and alternative Web Container.
• SDLoader is simple Web Container.

Getting Started

• In the Package Explorer, Select project.
• Select Properties from the project's context menu.
• Select WebLauncher in the project properties page.



• Check Use WebLauncher
• Click OK
• You can start Web Server by three way.
• Select WebLauncher > Start Web Server from the project's context menu.



• Select WebLauncher > Start Web Server in the menu bar.



• Click the Start Web Server button in the toolbar.



• If Weblauncher start Web Server successfully, project's icon and label is decorated.



• You can stop Web Server by same way to start.
• Select WebLauncher > Stop Web Server from the project's context menu.



• Select WebLauncher > Stop Web Server in the menu bar.



• Click the Stop Web Server button in the toolbar.

View Contents On Web Server

• Select Web contents under webapplication base directory.
• Select WebLauncher -> View on Server on context menu.



• Web Launcher Opens that contents on the Sever context.

Export Web Archive

• Select WebLauncher enabled Project.
• Select WebLauncher -> Export War on context menu.



• WebLauncher export that project.



• if you want to exclude any resources,Select Properties from the project's context menu.

Select WebLauncher in the project properties page.



You may edit War exclude pattern. pattern is the regular expression. Some of matched directories and files are excluded from war.

Export Executable Web Archive

• Select SDLoader in the project properties page.



• Select WebLauncher -> Export ExecutableWar on context menu.



• WebLauncher export that project.



• This war file contain SDLoader and some tricks.
• You may execute this war ,for example

java -jar webproject.war

• Then boot SDLoader and deploy that war.



• And then system default browser execute and access to started server.