How to change the default deploy path of web resources in Eclipse

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 1- Custom deployment path
• Summary
• Next Steps

Introduction

When developing a web application in eclipse, the default deploy path of java classes is “WEB-INF/classes” and every folder defined under WebContent is automatically deployed under the root path of the application.

1- Custom deployment path

In order to set a custom deployment path for your resources in Eclipse, you can do the following:

• Right-click the web project -> properties
• Select Deployment Assembly
• The following window is displayed:

In the above window, you can set the custom deployment path of java classes as well as all folders defined under WebContent.

Summary

When developing a web application in eclipse, the default deploy path of java classes is “WEB-INF/classes” and every folder defined under WebContent is automatically deployed under the root path of the application.

Next Steps

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