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1. Create a HelloWorld Dynamic Web project as given in Web Developing web applications.
2. Enable Maven 2 support for the web-app project as given below:
   • In Project Explorer view, right click on HelloWorld, select Maven -> Enable Dependency Management.
   • Leave default options as-is and click Finish.
3. To add a dependency on commons-dbcp library:
   • In Project Explorer view, right click on HelloWorld, select Maven -> Add Dependency.
   • Enter commons-dbcp as query, in Search Results select 1.3-SNAPSHOT-commons-dbcp-1.3-.. and click OK.
4. To use a class from commons-dbcp library inside web-app's index.jsp:
   • Double click on HelloWorld -> WebContent -> index.jsp to open it in JSP editor.
   • Add the following code before the </body> tag.

     Code Block
     <br><%= org.apache.commons.dbcp.DriverConnectionFactory.class.getName() %>

   • Press Ctrl + S to save the changes.

     Note
     Make sure org.apache.commons.dbcp.DriverConnectionFactory class is resolved with no type not resolved errors.

5. Enable in-place shared library support in Server editor as given below:
   • In Servers view, double click on Apache Geronimo v2.1 Server at localhost to open the server editor.
   • In the server editor, under Test Environment, select Enable in-place shared library support.
     
     
     
     
   • Press Ctrl + S to save the changes.
6. To add a dependency on org.apache.geronimo.configs/sharedlib//car in geronimo-web.xml:
   • Double click on HelloWorld -> Web Content -> WEB-INF -> *geronimo-web.xml" to open it in Geronimo Deployment Plan Editor.
   • In General tab, select Add a run time dependency to Geronimo's shared library.
     
     
     
     
   • Press "Ctrl+S" to save the file.

     Note

     In Source tab, a dependency on geronimo/sharedlib//car would be added as below: Code Block <sys:dependency> <sys:groupId>geronimo</sys:groupId> <sys:artifactId>sharedlib</sys:artifactId> <sys:type>car</sys:type> </sys:dependency> This is due to a current bug in Geronimo Deployment Plan Editors. Change <sys:groupId> from geronimo to org.apache.geronimo.configs and press Ctrl + S to save the changes.

7. To run the HelloWorld application:
   • Right click on HelloWorld, click Run As -> Run on Server.
   • Select Apache Geronimo v2.1 Server at localhost and click Finish. This will run the application and the welcome page will open in a browser inside eclipse.
     
     
     
     

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