Tomcat creates WEB-INF/lib but doesnt explode war files (GWT)

Question

Has anyone seen anything like this:

I\'m using a script which basically undeploys an app using ant, puts the new war file in the deploy directory and then deploys it usi

Answer 1

FWIW, we experienced something similar on a fresh, simple* WAR deployment on Tomcat 7.

I'm seeing compiled JSP classes appear as I visit the respective page. So the app works, it's just not exploded to the work area... not sure why.

I'm having a hard time explaining what has happened because this was an incremental application upgrade and the initial install required an identical process**, which went very smoothly. This suggests it isn't a tomcat configuration issue.

* We use deployment descriptor (xml) files so we can reuse the same war

** The process was to manually run a script that was packaged in the WEB-INF folder

[Update] I may have just answered my own question. If I'm reusing WAR files for different deployment contexts then perhaps a common exploded WAR is being used ?!