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Section 2: Customizing the project WAR

{color:red}Please read the [*OVERVIEW* | #overview] before continuing.{color}

1. Run Eclipse.  From the Project Explorer View, open the Maven WAR project that you want to customize.
   Your Project Explorer View should look similar to the following:
   

   indent
   2 2
   !customizeWar002.jpg!

   
   
2. Expand your project, then expand src/main/resources.
   Your Project Explorer View should look similar to the following:
   

   indent
   2 2
   !customizeWar004.jpg!

   
   
3. Open the applicationContext-projectName-config.xml for editing and change the following lines substituting your short project acronym for projectName.
   The are 2 4 occurances of projectName that have to be changed.

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   <value>file:$\{user.homedir}/projectName/projectName.properties</value> <value>file:$\{user.homedir}/projectName/projectName.properties</value>

   When you have made all the changes, the lines you have changed should look similar to the following:

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   <value>file:${user.homedir}/att/att.properties</value> <value>file:${user.homedir}/att/att.properties</value>

   In the above example, my short project acronym was att so I replaced projectName with att and ProjectName with Att.
   When you are satisifed with the changes, save and close the file.
4. Open the applicationContext-projectName.xml for editing and change the following lines substituting your short project acronym for projectName.
   There are 3 occurances of projectName that have to be changed.

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   <import resource="classpath*:applicationContext-projectName-component-scan.xml" /> <import resource="classpath*:applicationContext-projectName-config.xml" /> <import resource="classpath*:applicationContext-projectName-security-spring.xml" />

   When you have made all the changes, the lines you have changed should look similar to the following:

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   <import resource="classpath*:applicationContext-att-component-scan.xml" /> <import resource="classpath*:applicationContext-att-config.xml" /> <import resource="classpath*:applicationContext-att-security-spring.xml" />

   In the above example, my short project acronym was att so i replaced projectName with att.*.
   When you are satisifed with the changes, save and close the file.
5. Open the log4j.xml for editing and change the following lines substituting your short project acronym for projectName.
   There are 2 occurances of projectName that have to be changed.

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   <param name="File" value="log/projectName.log" /> <param name="File" value="log/csf-projectName.log" />

   When you have made all the changes, the lines you have changed should look similar to the following:

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   <param name="File" value="log/att.log" /> <param name="File" value="log/csf-att.log" />

   In the above example, my short project acronym was att so I replaced projectName with att.*.
   When you are satisifed with the changes, save and close the file.
6. Open the servlet.xml for editing and change the following lines substituting your short project acronym for projectName.
   There is 1 occurance of projectName that has to be changed.

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   <context:component-scan base-package="edu.mit.projectName.web">

   When you have made the change, the line you have changed should look similar to the following:

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   <context:component-scan base-package="edu.mit.att.web">

   In the above example, my short project acronym was att so I replaced projectName with att.*.
   When you are satisifed with the changes, save and close the file.
7. From the Project Explorer View, rename each of the following files, substituting your short project acronym for projectName.
   There are 4 files that have to be renamed.

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   applicationContext-projectName-component-scan.xml applicationContext-projectName-config.xml applicationContext-projectName-security-spring.xml applicationContext-projectName.xml

   When you have made all the changes, the file names that you have changed should look similar to the following:

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   applicationContext-att-component-scan.xml applicationContext-att-config.xml applicationContext-att-security-spring.xml applicationContext-att.xml

   In the above example, my short project acronym was att so I replaced projectName with att.*.
   Your Project Explorer View should look similar to the following:

   indent
   2 2
   !customizeWar006.jpg!

8. In the Project Explorer View, expand src/main/java.
   Rename the edu.mit.projectName.web package, substituting your short project acronym for projectName.
   Your Project Explorer View should look similar to the following:

   indent
   2 2
   !customizeWar008.jpg!

9. In the Project Explorer View, expand src/test/resources.
   Open the applicationContext-csf-unit-tests-default.xml for editing and change the following lines substituting your project name for projectName.
   There are 3 occurances of projectName that have to be changed.

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   <import resource="classpath*:applicationContext-csf-projectName.xml" /> <import resource="classpath*:applicationContext-projectName.xml" /> <import resource="classpath*:applicationContext-projectName-config-test.xml" />

   When you have made all the changes, the lines you have changed should look similar to the following:

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   <import resource="classpath*:applicationContext-csf-att.xml" /> <import resource="classpath*:applicationContext-att.xml" /> <import resource="classpath*:applicationContext-att-config-test.xml" />

   In the above example, my short project acronym was att so I replaced projectName with att.*.
   When you are satisifed with the changes, save and close the file.
10. In the Project Explorer View, expand src/test/resources.
    Open the applicationContext-projectName-config-test.xml for editing and change the following lines substituting your project name for projectName.
    There are 2 occurances of projectName that have to be changed.

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    <value>classpath:projectName-test.properties</value> <value>classpath:projectName-test.properties</value>

    When you have made all the changes, the lines you have changed should look similar to the following:

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    <value>classpath:att-test.properties</value> <value>classpath:att-test.properties</value>

    In the above example, my short project acronym was att so I replaced projectName with att.*.
    When you are satisifed with the changes, save and close the file.
11. From the Project Explorer View, rename the following file, substituting your short project acronym for projectName.
    There are 2 files that have to be renamed.

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    applicationContext-projectName-config-test.xml projectName-test.properties

    When you have made all the changes, the file names that you have changed should look similar to the following:

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    applicationContext-att-config-test.xml att-test.properties

    In the above example, my short project acronym was att so I replaced projectName with att.*.
    
12. In the Project Explorer View, expand src/main/webapp/WEB-INF.
    Open the web.xml for editing and change the following lines substituting your short project acronym for projectName.
    There are 7 occurances of projectName that have to be changed.

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    <display-name>projectName</display-name> classpath*:applicationContext-csf-projectName.xml, classpath*:applicationContext-projectName.xml <servlet-name>projectName</servlet-name> <servlet-name>projectName</servlet-name> <servlet-name>projectName</servlet-name> <servlet-name>projectName</servlet-name>

    When you have made all the changes, the lines you have changed should look similar to the following:

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    <display-name>att</display-name> classpath*:applicationContext-csf-att.xml, classpath*:applicationContext-att.xml <servlet-name>att</servlet-name> <servlet-name>att</servlet-name> <servlet-name>att</servlet-name> <servlet-name>att</servlet-name>

    In the above example, my short project acronym was att so I replaced projectName with att.*.
    When you are satisifed with the changes, save and close the file.
13. Commit all changes to the SVN repository.

Customizing the project WAR is now complete.