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directory deployment needs to know where the build directory is for a web project to copy the changed bits to the right location for directory based deployment of ear files. This change will provide that API.
Created attachment 42544 [details] the proposed change
Created attachment 42547 [details] a newer patch with corrected apichange.xml content.
Created attachment 42548 [details] new patch. corrected mimetype
MK1: deployment shall not be dependent on AntArtifact. That will effectively prohibit deployment of maven-based projects that don't provide AntArtifact instances (for obvious reasons) anything related to project deployment shall be part of the org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.deployment.devmodules.spi/api packages and implemented by the project types.
re: MK1 The earproject has always been dependent on the AntArtifact of its subprojects. The current ant artifacts are used by the build process. This NEW artifact is used in a similar fashion. The AntArtifact is not referenced by the code in the plugin.
ok, misunderstanding on my side. As long as j2eeserver module (or any of the server plugins) doesn't reference any AntArtifact stuff I'm fine with it.
turned out to be unnecessary