On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Marius <[email protected]> wrote:

> OOOOOkkkk I think I know what the problem is:
>
> We have both:
>
> LiftRules.calcContextPath ... used by LiftSession.contextpath
>
> AND
>
> LiftRules.calculateContextPath ... used by Req.contextPath
>
> which leads to confusing behavior. IMO this is a very confusing API
> and I think calcContextPath should go away. There should be a single
> point where the user can specify how the contextPath is calculated.
>
> Dave, I'm not sure why we keep them both but let me know if you have
> some reasons for keeping them both. Otherwise I'll work on a fix in
> the next days
>

Yeah... there should be just one.  Thanks for volunteering to clean this one
up.


>
> Br's,
> Marius
>
> On Dec 31, 6:22 pm, Marius <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Also Req.context path is defined as:
> >
> > val contextPath = LiftRules.calculateContextPath(request) openOr
> > request.contextPath
> >
> > Br's,
> > Marius
> >
> > On Dec 31, 6:14 pm, Marius <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > LiftSession is created with the contextPath that container provides.
> > > See LiftRules._getLiftSession
> >
> > > However LiftSession.contextPath is defined as:
> >
> > > def contextPath = (LiftRules.calcContextPath(this) or
> > > S.curRequestContextPath) openOr _contextPath
> >
> > > thus can you try it by setting in boot:
> >
> > > LiftRules.calculateContextPath = {req => Empty} ?
> >
> > > that should get you the contexPath the same as S. BT S.contextPath is
> > > defined as:
> >
> > > def contextPath: String = session.map(_.contextPath) openOr ""
> >
> > > which essentially takes is from LiftSession.
> >
> > > Br's,
> > > Marius
> >
> > > On Dec 31, 5:41 pm, Ross Mellgren <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > > The problem I experienced with X-Lift-ContextPath is that it does not
>
> > > > set LiftSession.contextPath, which is where the AJAX path is
> generated
> > > > from. It set Req.contextPath, but not the session.
> >
> > > > I found this by using an nginx with this config:
> >
> > > >          location /foobar {
> > > >               rewrite ^/foobar(.*)$ $1 break;
> > > >               proxy_passhttp://127.0.0.1:8080;
> > > >               proxy_set_header X-Lift-ContextPath "foobar";
> > > >          }
> >
> > > > Pointing at a lift-archetype-basic with the hello world snippet
> > > > replaced by:
> >
> > > >    def howdy(in: NodeSeq): NodeSeq =
> > > >        <div>Request contextPath = { S.request.map(_.contextPath)
> > > > openOr "unkwn" }</div> ++
> > > >        <div>Session contextPath = { S.session.map(_.contextPath)
> > > > openOr "unkwn" }</div>
> >
> > > > With jetty configured at the default (contextPath at root), the
> output
> > > > is:
> >
> > > > Welcome to your project!
> >
> > > > Request contextPath = foobar
> > > > Session contextPath =
> >
> > > > It looks like there is a LiftRules method intended to let you set the
>
> > > > session context path separately -- LiftRules.calcContextPath -- but
> it
> > > > is a val and not a RulesSeq or anything mutable.
> >
> > > > -Ross
> >
> > > > On Dec 31, 2009, at 10:28 AM, Marius wrote:
> >
> > > > > No I don't think so. But one can deploy the same application
> multiple
> > > > > times with different context-paths .... as different copies. Sure
> it
> > > > > is not ideal but I do not think lift misbehaves when it comes to
> JEE
> > > > > contextpath.
> >
> > > > > Maybe I misunderstood the problem ... so I need to ask: Do people
> want
> > > > > to deploy the same application (say the same war not separate
> copies)
> > > > > under multiple context paths? If so then AFAIK this is a limitation
> on
> > > > > JEE containers but one that can be worked around at framework
> level.
> > > > > Is this the problem ?
> >
> > > > > Defect 68 is not 100% clear to me if it is the same with what I
> > > > > described here or something else.
> >
> > > > > Br's,
> > > > > Marius
> >
> > > > > On Dec 31, 3:57 pm, Timothy Perrett <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > > > >> Hey Marius,
> >
> > > > >> Is there a way to specify this argument on the command line? That
>
> > > > >> is, to tell jetty to use a particular jetty-web.xml ?
> >
> > > > >> Cheers, Tim
> >
> > > > >> On 31 Dec 2009, at 12:51, Marius wrote:
> >
> > > > >>> Ok I just tried a demo app I have and set the contextpath to /
> > > > >>> mycontext in from pom.xml since I run the app as mvn jetty:run
> >
> > > > >>>                    <plugin>
> > > > >>>                            <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
> > > > >>>                            <artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</
> > > > >>> artifactId>
> > > > >>>                            <configuration>
> > > > >>>                                    <contextPath>/mycontext</
> > > > >>> contextPath>
> > > > >>>                                    <scanIntervalSeconds>5</
> > > > >>> scanIntervalSeconds>
> > > > >>>                            </configuration>
> > > > >>>                    </plugin>
> >
> > > > >>> Note that this pom setting will override the contextpath setting
>
> > > > >>> that
> > > > >>> you may have in WEB-INF/jetty-web.xml
> >
> > > > >>> With my test the cotnext path was used correctly .. so if you can
>
> > > > >>> put
> > > > >>> together that small app I requested would be helpful.
> >
> > > > >>> Br's,
> > > > >>> Marius
> >
> > > > >>> On Dec 31, 2:37 pm, Marius <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > >>>> Are you setting the context path in jetty web config? ...
> > > > >>>> By default lift is using X-Lift-ContextPath header to determine
> the
> > > > >>>> context path. Do you have this header? ... If it's not found
> Lift
> > > > >>>> uses
> > > > >>>> the context path provided by the container.
> >
> > > > >>>> I have used before other context path-s with no problem. I
> > > > >>>> configured
> > > > >>>> jetty using jetty-web.xml:
> >
> > > > >>>> <Configure class="org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext">
> > > > >>>>     <Set name="contextPath" type="String">/mycontext</Set>
> > > > >>>> </Configure>
> >
> > > > >>>> contextPath it used when referencing liftAjax.js ... it is used
> > > > >>>> everywhere in Lift. Are you sure you set the application context
>
> > > > >>>> path
> > > > >>>> correctly?
> >
> > > > >>>> Can you make a minimalistic Lift app, that I can just run,
> showing
> > > > >>>> that context path is not used correctly by Lift? ... If you do
> I'll
> > > > >>>> start working on it.
> >
> > > > >>>> Br's,
> > > > >>>> Marius
> >
> > > > >>>> On Dec 31, 1:20 am, Timothy Perrett <[email protected]>
> > > > >>>> wrote:
> >
> > > > >>>>> Guys,
> >
> > > > >>>>> Im having a really strange problem with the context handling in
>
> > > > >>>>> an app
> > > > >>>>> im writing. Essentially, the app is pretty "normal", it goes
> > > > >>>>> about its
> > > > >>>>> business perfectly well. However, as this will be distributed
> > > > >>>>> through
> > > > >>>>> different parts of our company, and could be deployed in
> different
> > > > >>>>> contexts, I need a way of handling this. Our usual setup for
> > > > >>>>> apps is
> > > > >>>>> to have them running as the root context on their own port and
>
> > > > >>>>> then to
> > > > >>>>> manage app URIs through a front end proxy (yes, there are pros
> and
> > > > >>>>> cons here, but it is what it is!)
> >
> > > > >>>>> For example, I want to deploy  the app to:
> >
> > > > >>>>> /mypath/<appurls>
> >
> > > > >>>>> whilst the guys in the USA might want to put it at:
> >
> > > > >>>>> /another/path/<appurls>
> >
> > > > >>>>> This is pretty problematic, as lift doesnt know about this and
>
> > > > >>>>> tries
> > > > >>>>> to submit forms from the / context and also references
> liftAjax.js
> > > > >>>>> from the root context too.
> >
> > > > >>>>> I've had a play with LiftRules.calculateContextPath but it
> doesn't
> > > > >>>>> appear to do what I want, or im not understand how it should
> work.
> >
> > > > >>>>> Any ideas?
> >
> > > > >>>>> Cheers, Tim
> >
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