On Dec 2, 2006, at 8:29 PM, David H. DeWolf wrote:
1) if a getContextPath() method exists on the ServletContext,
invoke it using reflection (so as to not fail in <= 2.4
environments) and use the return value as the applicationId
2) if not, check to see if a init parameter or context attribute
named org.apache.pluto.CONTEXT_PATH has been set. If so, use it's
value as the applicationId
3) if not, check to see if the web app has been given a name
(ServletContext.getServletContextName()). If so, retrieve it's
value and use a hex string version of it for the applicationId.
4) if not, generate a random string and us it. This final fallback
allows the portlet to only be used temporarily. (If anyone has any
better ideas on what else we can use, please let me know - perhaps
a unique string derived off of the portlets available within the app).
(4) seems like it is worth it to come up with something based on
portlet id(s) - at a minimum - if the random number is generated (for
me this would be step 5 now) - a loud/nasty log message should happen
to insure no nasty surprise later.
/Chuck
