An AMP is ZIP compressed and has the following default structure:
/config
/lib
/licenses
/web
/jsp
/css
/images
/scripts
module.properties
file-mapping.properties
The config folder contains the Spring module-context.xml file
and user interface configuration that typically reside in the standard
package structure (org.alfresco.module.<moduleid>).
It can also contain other resources, such as XML import files or
Alfresco Content Package (ACP) files. The contents are mapped to
the /WEB-INF/classes folder in the WAR file and are defined in the classpath.
The lib folder contains all of the module-specific JAR files,
which are mapped to the /WEB-INF/lib folder in the WAR file.
The licenses folder contains license files for any third party
JARs contained in the lib folder.
The web folder contains any custom or modified JSPs, CSS files,
images, and JavaScript files. The contents are mapped to the equivalent
folders in the WAR file, and all subfolder structures are preserved.
If a file already exists in the WAR file, it is overwritten and
a backup file is created.
The module.properties file is required and contains metadata
about the module, including its identifier and version number.
The file-mapping.properties file is optional and can be provided
to customize the way AMPs are mapped to the WAR file. (See Customizing the structure of an AMP.)
The module files are packaged into an AMP using Ant, as shown
in the following example.
Packaging the module files into an AMP using ANT
The following build.xml
file specifies the following behavior:
The Java source
in the /source/java folder is compiled and stored in the /build/classes
folder.
The package-jar target packages the compiled class files
into the destination JAR file.
The package-amp target packages the JAR files and configuration files
into the destination AMP.
The update-war target uses the Module Management Tool to
install the AMP into an existing WAR file.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="SDK Demo AMP Build File" default="package-amp" basedir=".">
<property name="project.dir" value="."/>
<property name="build.dir" value="${project.dir}/build"/>
<property name="config.dir" value="${project.dir}/config"/>
<property name="jar.file" value="${build.dir}/lib/alfresco-sdk-custom-service.jar"/>
<property name="amp.file" value="${build.dir}/dist/alfresco-sdk-custom-service.amp"/>
<target name="mkdirs">
<mkdir dir="${build.dir}/dist" />
<mkdir dir="${build.dir}/lib" />
</target>
<path id="class.path">
<dirset dir="${build.dir}" />
<fileset dir="../../lib/server" includes="**/*.jar"/>
</path>
<target name="compile">
<mkdir dir="${build.dir}/classes" />
<javac classpathref="class.path" srcdir="${project.dir}/source/java" destdir="${build.dir}/classes" />
</target>
<target name="package-jar" depends="compile">
<jar destfile="${jar.file}" >
<fileset dir="${build.dir}/classes" excludes="**/custom*,**/*Test*" includes="**/*.class" />
</jar>
</target>
<target name="package-amp" depends="mkdirs, package-jar" description="Package the Module" >
<zip destfile="${amp.file}" >
<fileset dir="${project.dir}/build" includes="lib/*.jar" />
<fileset dir="${project.dir}" includes="config/**/*.*" excludes="**/module.properties" />
<fileset dir="${project.dir}/config/alfresco/module/sdkDemoAmp" includes="module.properties" />
</zip>
</target>
<target name="update-war" depends="package-amp" description="Update the WAR file. Set -Dwar.file=..." >
<echo>Installing SDK Demo AMP into WAR</echo>
<java dir="." fork="true" classname="org.alfresco.repo.module.tool.ModuleManagementTool">
<classpath refid="class.path" />
<arg line="install ${amp.file} ${war.file} -force -verbose"/>
</java>
</target>
</project>
Customizing the structure of an AMP
To customize the structure of an AMP, you must provide
a file named file-mapping.properties. This file describes how the
structure of your AMP can be mapped to the WAR file when it is installed
by the Module Management Tool. If this file is not provided, the
default mapping is used.
The file mapping properties file has an identical structure to
that of a standard Java property file. Each key is a folder in the
AMP structure, and each value is the target location in the WAR
file.
If the source directory does not exist in the AMP, the mapping
is ignored. If the destination directory in the WAR file does not
exist, a run-time exception is raised.
If a mapping has a folder as the source directory, the folder
is recursively copied into the WAR file.
An include.default property can be specified
to indicate whether the default mappings are to be augmented or
modified. If include.default=true is used, all
of the default mappings are used unless augmented or modified. If include.default=false is
used, only the custom mappings specified in the file mapping properties
file are used, as shown in the following example.
Customizing the structure of an AMP
In the file-mapping.properties
file, only the specified custom mappings are used.
include.default=false
/WEB-INF=/WEB-INF
/web=/
