Why does JBoss rewrite web.xml

[djhititup]

I have noticed that 'touch' on the web.xml does not redeploy the web application due to JBoss rewriting the web.xml file.

web.xml (original):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<web-app version="2.4"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee web-app_2_4.xsd">

<!-- The Welcome File List -->
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>

<!-- Servlets -->

<servlet-name>TestWebService</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.company.department.ws.TestWebService</servlet-class>


<!-- Servlet Mappings -->
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>TestWebService</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/webservice/TestWebService</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

</web-app>

When JBoss is restarted the web.xml is rewritten to the below:

<web-app version='2.4' xmlns='http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xsi:schemaLocation='http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee web-app_2_4.xsd'>
<!-- The Welcome File List -->
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
<!-- Servlets -->

<servlet-name>TestWebService</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.jboss.ws.integration.jboss42.JBossServiceEndpointServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>ServiceEndpointImpl</param-name>
<param-value>com.company.department.ws.TestWebService</param-value>
</init-param>


<!-- Servlet Mappings -->
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>TestWebService</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/webservice/TestWebService</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

My question is why does JBoss rewrite the web.xml. If it must rewrite the web.xml shouldn't it do this and leave in memory (JVM) and not overwrite the original web.xml? Because of this I have to have an original web.xml written as another file (like web.xml.org) and have an ant task to copy the original web.xml (web.xml.org) to web.xml. It's just bothersome. Is there a quicker way to redeploy an exploded war that I do not know?

[anusree]

Is XDoclet enabled for your project.then try with disabling it.

[djhititup]

I've not been able to find how to disable this feature of JBoss. Could you help me in discovering where to turn this off in JBoss?

[djhititup]

I'm still at a lost for this information. Please help.

[vitarius]

I have the same problem with exploded WAR files. The real problem is that after rewriting the web.xml and restarting, JBoss does not publish the web service, so I have to copy the old one just like DjHitItUp.

I know that JBossWS works fine with archives, but I cannot change to using normal WARs due to other restrictions. If some other way exists to change this behavior, or you know of any workarounds, please help.

Thank you in advance!

[vitarius]

A JIRA issue has been created for the problem by Heiko Braun, see the following JBossWS forum:
http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4067060#4067060