https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=64858
Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Resolution|--- |WONTFIX
Status|NEW |RESOLVED
--- Comment #9 from Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> ---
Sorry, I am closing this as WONTFIX. The changes requested are too big compared
to the benefit provided and lack of wider demand for such a feature.
I can think of several alternative ways this could be implemented without
changes to Apache Tomcat.
1. A basic approach that should work for simple cases would be to configure a
ServletContextListener that checked for any additionally required JARs and
downloaded them to WEB-INF/lib. As long as nothing needs to reference a class
in the additional JARs before they can be downloaded it should "just work".
2. The previous approach won't work if the downloaded JARs need to use the
Servlet pluggability features. In this case, it would be necessary to trigger a
web application reload after the JARs had been downloaded. Touching web.xml
should be sufficient for that.
3. A less hacky approach would be to implement your own Manager application.
Since the Manager app would be in control of the deployment process it could
deploy the WAR, add any additional JARs and then start the web application.
All of the above is untested. I am least confident of approach 2. Approach 1
should work for the simple case and approach 3 should work for any application.
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