public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { String weppAppHome = args[0]; Integer port = 8080; Server server = new Server(port); WebAppContext webapp = new WebAppContext(); webapp.setContextPath("/"); webapp.setCompactPath(true); webapp.setDescriptor(weppAppHome + "/WEB-INF/web.xml"); webapp.setResourceBase(weppAppHome); webapp.setParentLoaderPriority(true); server.setHandler(webapp); server.start(); server.join(); }