Frequently Asked Questions

  1. Why do I have to specify a war goal when running tomcat:exploded or tomcat:inplace ?
  2. Why do I have to specify a war goal when running tomcat:redeploy ?
Why do I have to specify a war goal when running tomcat:exploded or tomcat:inplace ?
Because there's currently no way for a goal to depend upon another plugin's goal. See MNG-1649 for more information.

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Why do I have to specify a war goal when running tomcat:redeploy ?
Because the different methods of deployment have different prerequisites - it would be tiresome to always package the WAR if you were just deploying an exploded WAR.

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