wtpwebapps/myapp is empty when running Tomcat under Eclipse

Question

I know that tomcat is running because when I type http://localhost, the tomcat page dispay. My problem is I can't figure out why the wtpwebapps/myapp is empty, is like the eclipse doesn't publish it and when i type http://localhost/myapp, I get 404 error.

In the server overview :

• Server Location is set to "Use Tomcat installation" | server path: the servers's folder | deploy path : wtpwebapps
• Server Option : Publish module contexts to separate XML file
• Publishing : Automatically publish when ressource change

I use eclipse Ganymede 3.4.2, tomcat 6.0, under Win7

Any help would be appreciated, thanks

Solution 1

your files must be somwhere, so start searching in:

<YOUR_WORKSPACE_DIR>\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp<SOME_NUMBER>\wtpwebapps

Solution 2

I had a similar problem, when updating our project (.project and .classpath are checked in for convenience, but causes sometimes problems).

Console-Log in eclipse always says:

Error configuring application listener of class org.sth.ThisClass java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.sth.ThisClass

The reason was that $WORKSPACE_DIR/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp$NUMBER/wtpwebapps/$CONTEXT/WEB-INF/lib/classes was empty. The solution was to enter under Project Properties > Deployment Assembly an entry:

Source: /src

Deploy Path: WEB-INF/classes

Solution 3

If you use a Maven in your project, this is a solution for you:

1. Delete the project(s) in the Eclipse.
2. create project from Maven sources (select your workspace directory).
3. Check found pom.xml to import.

Restart the Tomcat.