Extra directory & wrong file location in WAR file

Hello Anil,

Is activation.jar included as a standalone module library or as part of a
project or global library?
Which packaging method is selected for the library containing activation.jar
(Project Structure | ]]> | Web Module Settings tab | Modules and
Libraries to package)?

Hello,
I have a project that ultimately generates a .war file. In this one
particular project, the final war file contains extra directories. For
example, activation.jar needs to be copied into /WEB-INF/lib. However,
activation.jar gets copied into
/WEB-INF/lib/activation.jar/activation.jar
Basically, a extra directory of the same name is created and the jar
file is copied into this directory. This happens for about 7 different
jar files.

I have tried all kinds of settings and nothing seems to help. Anyone
else hit this and figure it out?

Thanks.

Nikholay,
Thanks for the response.

activation.jar (and all the others) are included as a standalone module library. I am new to IDEA and so I am not sure what it means to make the jar files a part of a project/global library. So, I chose module library (need to read the manual/help sometime :)

I have tried both "Do not package" and "Copy files to" for the packaging method. A couple of times, just flipping from one to the other and back or something random like that caused it to work. But I don't know why that would be so.

Thanks,

Anil.

Nikholay/anyone from Jetbrains- any solutions to my issue?

Thanks.

Hello Anil,

Nikholay,
Thanks for the response.
activation.jar (and all the others) are included as a standalone
module library. I am new to IDEA and so I am not sure what it means to
make the jar files a part of a project/global library. So, I chose
module library (need to read the manual/help sometime :)

You can create a project/global library (Settings | Project Structure | "+"
button | "Library" item) containing several jars and then use this library
in any module/project (Module settings | "Dependencies" tab | "Add" button).

I have tried both "Do not package" and "Copy files to" for the
packaging method. A couple of times, just flipping from one to the
other and back or something random like that caused it to work. But I
don't know why that would be so.

What path is specified in "Path relative to deployment root" column for activation.jar
library in "Modules and libraries to package" table?

Thanks,

Anil.