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Separate webapp for custom components in Moqui

I have read this in many places "You will eventually want to create your own runtime directory and keep it in your own source repository...". Can anyone tell me how to do that? What if I don't want to lose some of the OOTB components?

Currently I am just planning to have a separate webapp for custom developed components. Let's say, I want to have "ootb" mount point for the OOTB components and blank "" mount point for custom developed components. How should I do that? This is what I have tried without success:

<webapp-list>
    <webapp name="webroot" http-port="8080" https-enabled="false">
        <root-screen host=".*/ootb" location="component://webroot/screen/webroot.xml"/>
    </webapp>
    <webapp name="customroot" http-port="8080" https-enabled="false">
        <root-screen host=".*" location="component://customroot/screen/customroot.xml"/>
    </webapp>
</webapp-list>

If this does not work then one other solution that I can think of is to just have the "customroot" entry, and add the "webroot" as SubScreenItem in it. The "customroot" screen will just be blank, and my custom decorator will be present in the "customapps" screen which will be a counter part of the "apps" screen. And all my screens will use the "customapps" screen.

Although I haven't tried what I wrote above, but that somehow feels like a hack. I believe there should be some better way to do this.

And yes, I have read the article, I want to use localhost and there should be some way to do it with localhost too.

Solution

  • I think I might have asked a confusing question, but thanks for your time David. If I try to rephrase my question, it would be: "How to have a decorator screen which will not use any HTML from the webroot or apps screens?"

    I think I found the answer. I just added my customroot screen as SubScreenItem under webroot screen, and mentioned the attribute standalone="true" in it. Now my URL: localhost:8080/customroot/foo does not use anything mentioned in webroot or apps screens.

    Just that, now if I want to have all my components to be at root level in URL like: localhost:8080/foo I think the only way to do that would be to shift the OOTB components to some other URL like: localhost:8080/ootb/apps/AppList To do that I will have to add webroot as SubScreenItem of the customroot screen, and replace the webapp entry of webroot with that of customroot.

    Damn, I tried so hard and it still is confusing.