参考
http://tomcat.apache.org/maven-plugin.html
http://www.tuicool.com/articles/fYRnmy
插件配置概貌:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<!-- or if you want to use tomcat 6.x
<artifactId>tomcat6-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-->
<version>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
<configuration>
<!-- http port -->
<port>9090</port>
<!-- application path always starts with /-->
<path>/</path>
<!-- optional path to a context file -->
<contextFile>${tomcatContextXml}</contextFile>
<!-- optional system propoerties you want to add -->
<systemProperties>
<appserver.base>${project.build.directory}/appserver-base</appserver.base>
<appserver.home>${project.build.directory}/appserver-home</appserver.home>
<derby.system.home>${project.build.directory}/appserver-base/logs</derby.system.home>
<java.io.tmpdir>${project.build.directory}</java.io.tmpdir>
</systemProperties>
<!-- if you want to use test dependencies rather than only runtime -->
<useTestClasspath>false</useTestClasspath>
<!-- optional if you want to add some extra directories into the classloader -->
<additionalClasspathDirs>
<additionalClasspathDir></additionalClasspathDir>
</additionalClasspathDirs>
</configuration>
<!-- For any extra dependencies needed when running embedded Tomcat (not WAR dependencies) add them below -->
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
<artifactId>derby</artifactId>
<version>\${derbyVersion}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>mail</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
可以看出,如果不使用contextFile配置,插件只能配置端口,应用路径,系统属性简单的配置。如果要配置如数据源复杂的配置,需要配置自定义的server.xml了,但配置了这个后,项目的加载就只能通过context.xml的方式整合。 通过contextFile引用外部定义context.xml配置。