Index: lams_tool_dimdim/build.properties
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diff -u -r4c8de20e6e3ea73f98892f70662508e4011e96f6 -r4019c280820b6c25641992c54a43d9efad3d5fde
--- lams_tool_dimdim/build.properties	(.../build.properties)	(revision 4c8de20e6e3ea73f98892f70662508e4011e96f6)
+++ lams_tool_dimdim/build.properties	(.../build.properties)	(revision 4019c280820b6c25641992c54a43d9efad3d5fde)
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # Minimum compatible version
 min.server.version.number=2.0
 
-# Language files package
-language.files.package=org.lamsfoundation.lams.tool.dimdim
-
+# packages
+tool.package=org.lamsfoundation.lams.tool.dimdim
+language.files.package=${tool.package}
+# Precompiled JSP classes package
+jsp.java.src.package=${tool.package}.jsp
\ No newline at end of file
Index: lams_tool_dimdim/build.xml
===================================================================
diff -u -r09e1ed92cb07d7de4564f9dd3a0b4465d8c94e8a -r4019c280820b6c25641992c54a43d9efad3d5fde
--- lams_tool_dimdim/build.xml	(.../build.xml)	(revision 09e1ed92cb07d7de4564f9dd3a0b4465d8c94e8a)
+++ lams_tool_dimdim/build.xml	(.../build.xml)	(revision 4019c280820b6c25641992c54a43d9efad3d5fde)
@@ -78,10 +78,9 @@
 
 
 	<target name="clean-build" description="removes all class files">
-		<delete dir="${build.classes.java}" />
-		<delete dir="${build.classes.test}" />
-		<delete dir="${build.lib}" />
-		<delete dir="${build.deploy}"/>
+		<delete dir="${build}" quiet="false"/>
+		<mkdir dir="${build}"/>
+
 		<mkdir dir="${build.classes.java}" />
 		<mkdir dir="${build.classes.test}" />
 		<mkdir dir="${build.lib}" />
@@ -168,30 +167,12 @@
 	<!-- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  -->
 	<!-- Make the war archive  for deployment             -->
 	<!-- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  -->
-	<target name="build-war" depends="build-jar, webdoclet" description="creates war file">
+	<target name="build-war" depends="build-jar, webdoclet,jsp-plaincopy,jsp-precompile" description="creates war file">
 		<delete file="${build.lib}/${product}.war" />
-		<war warfile="${build.lib}/${product}.war" webxml="${conf.webinf.dir}/web.xml" manifest="${conf.dir}/war/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF">
-			<webinf dir="${conf.webinf.dir}">
-				<include name="**/*.tld" />
-				<include name="*.xml" />
-				<include name="*.properties" />
-				<exclude name="web.xml" />
-				<include name="spring/*" />
-				<include name="tiles/*.xml" />
-				<include name="struts/*" />
-				<include name="tags/*.tag" />
-			</webinf>
-			<fileset dir="${conf.web.dir}">
-				<include name="*" />
-				<include name="common/**" />
-				<include name="images/**" />
-				<include name="images-for-css/**" />
-				<include name="includes/**" />
-				<include name="layouts/**" />
-				<include name="pages/**" />
-				<include name="template/**" />
-				<include name="dimdim_client/**" />
-				<!-- used by tiles -->
+		<war warfile="${build.lib}/${product}.war" 
+  				webxml="${build.war}/WEB-INF/web.xml" manifest="${conf.dir}/war/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF">
+			<fileset dir="${build.war.assembly}">
+				<include name="**" />
 			</fileset>
 		</war>
 	</target>
@@ -508,5 +489,100 @@
 			</fileset>
 		</copy>
 	</target>
+	
+	<!-- Runs if jsp.precompile setting is set in lams_build/common.properties -->
+	<target name="jsp-precompile" if="jsp.precompile">
+		<!-- Work on a copy of web files, not originals-->
+		<echo>Copying web files</echo>
+		<delete dir="${build.war}" quiet="false"/>
+	 	<copy overwrite="yes" todir="${build.war}">
+			<fileset dir="${conf.web.dir}">
+				<include name="**"/>
+				<exclude name="WEB-INF/classes"/>
+			</fileset>
+	 	</copy>
+		
+		<!-- Define JSP compiler -->
+		<path id="jsp.precompile.classpath">
+			<path refid="schemaexport.classpath"/>
+			<fileset dir="${jboss.home}/lib">
+				<include name="jboss-common-core.jar" />
+				<include name="jboss-logging-spi.jar" />
+			</fileset>
+			<fileset dir="${jboss.ear.deployers}/jbossweb.deployer">
+				<include name="*.jar" />
+			</fileset>
+	        <fileset dir="${jboss.ear.deploy}/jbossweb.sar">
+	            <include name="jbossweb.jar" />
+	        </fileset>
+		</path>
+		<taskdef classname="org.apache.jasper.JspC" name="jasper2" classpathref="jsp.precompile.classpath" />
+		
+		<!-- Generate Java files and put servlet mappings in web.xml file -->
+		<echo>Generating Java source from JSP pages</echo>
+		<jasper2 uriroot="${build.war}"
+			webXmlFragment="${build.war}/WEB-INF/generated_web.xml"
+			outputDir="${build.war}/WEB-INF/src"
+			package="${jsp.java.src.package}"
+			addWebXmlMappings="true" validateXml="false" failOnError="true"
+		/>
+		
+		<!-- Compile main Java source as some JSPs refer to it
+		Uncomment if you get "class not found" errors when precompiling JSPs
+		<antcall target="compile-java"/>
+		-->
+		
+		<!-- Compile Java files generated from JSPs -->
+		<echo>Compiling JSP classes</echo>
+		<mkdir dir="${build.war}/WEB-INF/classes"/>
+	    <javac destdir="${build.war}/WEB-INF/classes"
+	           optimize="on"
+	           debug="off" failonerror="true"
+	           srcdir="${build.war}/WEB-INF/src" 
+		  	   excludes="**/*.smap"
+	    	   classpathref="jsp.precompile.classpath">
+	      <include name="**" />
+	      <exclude name="tags/**" />
+	    </javac>
+		
+		<!-- Prepare files for WAR, exclude plain JSP and tags -->
+		<echo>Copying web resources</echo>
+		<copy todir="${build.war.assembly}">	
+			<fileset dir="${build.war}">
+				<include name="images/**"/>
+				<include name="includes/**"/>
+				<include name="WEB-INF/classes/**"/>
+				<include name="WEB-INF/struts/**"/>
+				<include name="WEB-INF/*.xml"/>
+				<exclude name="WEB-INF/web.xml"/>
+				<exclude name="**/*.jsp"/>
+				<exclude name="**/*.tag"/>
+				<exclude name="**/*.tld"/>
+				<exclude name="**/.cvsignore"/>
+			</fileset>
+		</copy>	
+	</target>
+					
+	<!-- Runs if jsp.precompile setting is NOT set in lams_build/common.properties 
+		 JSPs will be compiled at runtime, which is default behaviour allowing hotdeploy -->
+	<target name="jsp-plaincopy" unless="jsp.precompile">
+		<delete dir="${build.war}" quiet="false"/>
+		
+		<echo>Copying web resources</echo>
+	 	<copy todir="${build.war}">
+			<fileset dir="${conf.web.dir}">
+				<include name="WEB-INF/web.xml"/>
+			</fileset>
+	 	</copy>
+		
+	 	<copy todir="${build.war.assembly}">
+			<fileset dir="${conf.web.dir}">
+				<include name="**"/>
+				<exclude name="WEB-INF/web.xml"/>
+				<exclude name="WEB-INF/classes"/>
+				<exclude name="**/.cvsignore"/>
+			</fileset>
+	 	</copy>
+	</target>
 </project>