include a servlet as well as pre-compiled jsps

webui/build.gradle

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ task precompileJsp {
                     outputDir: "$buildDir/tmp_jsp",
                     compilerSourceVM: "1.8",
                     compilerTargetVM: "1.8",
-                    webXml: "$buildDir/tmp_jsp/web.xml") // maybe change this to a fragment?
+                    webXmlFragment: "$buildDir/tmp_jsp/web.xml.jasper")
         def output = new File("$buildDir/compiledJsps")
         output.mkdirs()
         ant.javac(srcDir: 'build/tmp_jsp',
@@ -40,7 +40,19 @@ task precompileJsp {
     }
 }
 
-war.dependsOn precompileJsp
+task generateWebXML {
+    doLast {
+        def template = new File("$projectDir/templates/web.xml.template")
+        def templateText = template.text
+        def jasper = new File("$buildDir/tmp_jsp/web.xml.jasper")
+        templateText = templateText.replaceAll("__JASPER__", jasper.text)
+        def webXml = new File("$buildDir/tmp_jsp/web.xml")
+        webXml.text = templateText
+    }
+}
+
+generateWebXML.dependsOn precompileJsp
+war.dependsOn generateWebXML
 
 artifacts {
     warArtifact war

webui/src/main/java/com/muwire/webui/MuWireServlet.java

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.muwire.webui;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
+
+public class MuWireServlet extends HttpServlet {
+
+    @Override
+    public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException {
+        super.init(config);
+    }
+
+}

webui/templates/web.xml.template

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee
+                 http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_1.xsd"
+         version="3.1"
+         metadata-complete="false">
+
+<servlet>
+    <servlet-name>com.muwire.webui.MuWireServlet</servlet-name>
+    <servlet-class>com.muwire.webui.MuWireServlet</servlet-class>
+</servlet>
+
+<servlet-mapping>
+    <servlet-name>com.muwire.webui.MuWireServlet</servlet-name>
+    <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
+</servlet-mapping>
+
+
+__JASPER__
+
+</web-app>