Hi folks!
I still struggle a bit with our implementation of MEECROWAVE_BASE and
especially our code in Meecrowave#newBaseDir().
First, for all who have no idea about what I am talking about: please read
about the difference between Tomcat CATALINA_HOME vs CATALINA_BASE.
This is for supporting a split between having one binary installation (the
libs) vs multiple webapps in separate JVMs, which can have different config.
CATALINA_HOME is the location of the binary, vs CATALINA_BASE is the location
of the conf, webapp, etc.
So how should our MEECROWAVE_BASE behave?
If it would be an 1:1 analogon to CATALINA_BASE? Currently this doesn't seem to
be the case as we create a temp folder each time:
if (baseDir.isPresent()) {
file = new File(baseDir.get(), "meecrowave-" + System.nanoTime());
} else {
file = ownedTempDir;
}
This is perfect for development, but is it ok for production?
We currently always create an empty temp folder which will effectively not be
used afaict. Doesn't hurt, but just confuses and makes no sense imo.
LieGrue,
strub
