[SOLVED] How do I copy a file into my WAR's META-INF directory?

How do I copy a file into my WAR's META-INF directory?

I’m using Gradle 2.7. I would like to copy an environment-specific file (context.xml) into my WAR’s META-INF directory (which is at the same level as WEB-INF). I have this task set up in my build.gradle file

// Copy context.xml into the appropropriate directory.
war {
   def env = project.hasProperty('env') ? project.env : 'dev'
   from("${project.rootDir}/src/main/environment/$env") {
      include('context.xml')
      into('META-INF')
   }
}

However, when I run “gradle build”, nothing gets copied. I have verified the file exists. What else do I need to do to get this file to copy properly?

Solution

It seems that your script is configured correctly. It's stupid question (it should've failed at the very beginning) but have you applied war plugin?

Here you have a demo to compare the configurations.

Run:

jar -tvf <lib>.war

to verify if war contains appropriate file.