Deploy "exploded" folder to Tomcat in Eclipse

Question

I just installed Eclipse for Java EE developers, Created a New Project by checking out files through SVN from a repository.

I was able to successfully generate an "exploded" web app folder through an ANT build.

How do I deploy this exploded folder (not .war file) to Tomcat? Any configuration that needs to be done?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Just make an ant target that copies the folder directly into the deploy folder of tomcat, usually $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps. Tomcat should then deploy the app in it's container.