How can sbt-web output be used with xsbt-web-plugin via a SBT project dependency?

Question

I am trying to use the sbt-web plugin without the play framework and instead build a webapp using the xsbt-web-plugin.

I have gotten the sbt-web plugin working correctly

Answer 1

If you tell xsbt-web-plugin to use sbt-web's output as its Web application resources directory, it should get you most of the way.

Just add webappSrc in webapp <<= WebKeys.assets in Assets as a setting to your example_webapp project:

lazy val example_webapp =
  project
    .in(file("example_webapp"))
    .dependsOn(example_webjar)
    .settings(libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
      "javax.servlet" % "servlet-api" % "2.5" % "provided",
      "org.eclipse.jetty" % "jetty-webapp" % "9.3.0.M2" % "container",
      "org.eclipse.jetty" % "jetty-plus"   % "9.3.0.M2" % "container",
      "commons-logging" % "commons-logging" % "1.2" % "container"
    ))
    .enablePlugins(SbtWeb)
    .settings(jetty(): _*)
    .settings(webappSrc in webapp <<= WebKeys.assets in Assets)