Author: kkolinko
Date: Wed Mar 9 01:38:16 2011
New Revision: 1079636
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1079636&view=rev
Log:
Rewrote the "Modified directory structure" and "Modified classloading"
subsections of 5.5->6.0 migration in the Migration Guide.
Modified:
tomcat/site/trunk/docs/migration.html
tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/migration.xml
Modified: tomcat/site/trunk/docs/migration.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/site/trunk/docs/migration.html?rev=1079636&r1=1079635&r2=1079636&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/site/trunk/docs/migration.html (original)
+++ tomcat/site/trunk/docs/migration.html Wed Mar 9 01:38:16 2011
@@ -208,6 +208,17 @@
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Modified_directory_structure">Modified directory structure</a>
+<ol>
+<li>
+<a href="#Shared_libraries">Shared libraries</a>
+</li>
+<li>
+<a href="#Endorsed_libraries">Endorsed libraries</a>
+</li>
+<li>
+<a href="#Default_web_applications">Default web applications</a>
+</li>
+</ol>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Modified_classloading">Modified classloading</a>
@@ -387,20 +398,126 @@ problems.</p>
<td>
<blockquote>
+ <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td bgcolor="#828DA6">
+<font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">
+<a name="Shared libraries">
+<!--()-->
+</a>
+<a name="Shared_libraries">
+<strong>Shared libraries</strong>
+</a>
+</font>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<blockquote>
+
<p>Apache Tomcat 5.5.x used, by default, a directory structure including
<code>common</code>, <code>shared</code> and <code>server</code>
subdirectories.
- Apache Tomcat 6.0.x merges these into a single <code>lib</code> directory.
- The <code>conf/catalina.properties</code> file can be used to modify
+ Apache Tomcat 6.0.x uses a single <code>lib</code> directory.</p>
+
+ <p>The <code>lib</code> directory is the direct replacement for both
+ <code>common/lib</code> and <code>common/classes</code> subdirectories:
+ it accepts both JARs and exploded class hierarchies.</p>
+
+ <p>The <code>conf/catalina.properties</code> file can be used to modify
the directory structure.</p>
- <p>In addition, all of the default web applications are located in the
- <code>webapps</code> folder.</p>
+ <p>Starting with version 6.0.21, Apache Tomcat supports both the
+ <code>$CATALINA_BASE/lib</code> and <code>$CATALINA_HOME/lib</code>
+ directories. The jars and classes in <code>$CATALINA_BASE/lib</code>
+ are earlier on the class path and thus take precedence.</p>
+
+ </blockquote>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<br/>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+ <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td bgcolor="#828DA6">
+<font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">
+<a name="Endorsed libraries">
+<!--()-->
+</a>
+<a name="Endorsed_libraries">
+<strong>Endorsed libraries</strong>
+</a>
+</font>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<blockquote>
+
+ <p>The <code>$CATALINA_HOME/common/endorsed</code> subdirectory is replaced
+ by the <code>$CATALINA_HOME/endorsed</code> directory. This directory is
+ absent by default.</p>
+
+ <p>The <code>JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS</code> environment variable can be used
+ with catalina.bat|sh scripts to provide alternative location of this
+ directory.</p>
+ </blockquote>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<br/>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+ <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td bgcolor="#828DA6">
+<font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">
+<a name="Default web applications">
+<!--()-->
+</a>
+<a name="Default_web_applications">
+<strong>Default web applications</strong>
+</a>
+</font>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<blockquote>
+
+ <p>The Manager and Host Manager web applications are no longer in
+ <code>server/webapps</code>. All of the default web applications
+ are now located in the <code>webapps</code> directory.</p>
+
+ <p>Note, that if <code>deployOnStartup</code> or <code>autoDeploy</code>
+ options on the <strong>Host</strong> are enabled, the
+ <code>META-INF/context.xml</code> files of manager and host-manager
+ applications will be copied into the
+ <code>$CATALINA_BASE/conf/[engine_name]/[host_name]</code>
+ directory when Tomcat starts for the first time.</p>
<p>When using a shared webhosting environment, it is recommended to forbid
- the use of context.xml inside the WAR files (using the
<code>deployXML</code>
- attribute of the <strong>Host</strong> element).
+ the use of context.xml inside the web applications (using the
+ <code>deployXML</code> attribute of the <strong>Host</strong> element).
(This option is also available in Tomcat 5.5).</p>
+ </blockquote>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<br/>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
@@ -430,8 +547,10 @@ problems.</p>
<p>As a result of the modification of the directory structure, the
common, shared and server classloaders have been merged into one.
- The lib folder accepts both exploded class hierarchies and JARs.
- This behavior and structure can be modified using the
+ Effectively, the shared and server classloaders are not configured by
+ default and the common classloader is mapped to the <code>lib</code>
+ directory, as described above.</p>
+ <p>This behavior and structure can be modified using the
<code>conf/catalina.properties</code> file.</p>
</blockquote>
Modified: tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/migration.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/migration.xml?rev=1079636&r1=1079635&r2=1079636&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/migration.xml (original)
+++ tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/migration.xml Wed Mar 9 01:38:16 2011
@@ -43,28 +43,67 @@ problems.</p>
<subsection name="Modified directory structure">
+ <subsection name="Shared libraries">
+
<p>Apache Tomcat 5.5.x used, by default, a directory structure including
<code>common</code>, <code>shared</code> and <code>server</code>
subdirectories.
- Apache Tomcat 6.0.x merges these into a single <code>lib</code> directory.
- The <code>conf/catalina.properties</code> file can be used to modify
+ Apache Tomcat 6.0.x uses a single <code>lib</code> directory.</p>
+
+ <p>The <code>lib</code> directory is the direct replacement for both
+ <code>common/lib</code> and <code>common/classes</code> subdirectories:
+ it accepts both JARs and exploded class hierarchies.</p>
+
+ <p>The <code>conf/catalina.properties</code> file can be used to modify
the directory structure.</p>
- <p>In addition, all of the default web applications are located in the
- <code>webapps</code> folder.</p>
+ <p>Starting with version 6.0.21, Apache Tomcat supports both the
+ <code>$CATALINA_BASE/lib</code> and <code>$CATALINA_HOME/lib</code>
+ directories. The jars and classes in <code>$CATALINA_BASE/lib</code>
+ are earlier on the class path and thus take precedence.</p>
+
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="Endorsed libraries">
+
+ <p>The <code>$CATALINA_HOME/common/endorsed</code> subdirectory is replaced
+ by the <code>$CATALINA_HOME/endorsed</code> directory. This directory is
+ absent by default.</p>
+
+ <p>The <code>JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS</code> environment variable can be used
+ with catalina.bat|sh scripts to provide alternative location of this
+ directory.</p>
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="Default web applications">
+
+ <p>The Manager and Host Manager web applications are no longer in
+ <code>server/webapps</code>. All of the default web applications
+ are now located in the <code>webapps</code> directory.</p>
+
+ <p>Note, that if <code>deployOnStartup</code> or <code>autoDeploy</code>
+ options on the <strong>Host</strong> are enabled, the
+ <code>META-INF/context.xml</code> files of manager and host-manager
+ applications will be copied into the
+ <code>$CATALINA_BASE/conf/[engine_name]/[host_name]</code>
+ directory when Tomcat starts for the first time.</p>
<p>When using a shared webhosting environment, it is recommended to forbid
- the use of context.xml inside the WAR files (using the
<code>deployXML</code>
- attribute of the <strong>Host</strong> element).
+ the use of context.xml inside the web applications (using the
+ <code>deployXML</code> attribute of the <strong>Host</strong> element).
(This option is also available in Tomcat 5.5).</p>
+ </subsection>
+
</subsection>
<subsection name="Modified classloading">
<p>As a result of the modification of the directory structure, the
common, shared and server classloaders have been merged into one.
- The lib folder accepts both exploded class hierarchies and JARs.
- This behavior and structure can be modified using the
+ Effectively, the shared and server classloaders are not configured by
+ default and the common classloader is mapped to the <code>lib</code>
+ directory, as described above.</p>
+ <p>This behavior and structure can be modified using the
<code>conf/catalina.properties</code> file.</p>
</subsection>
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