RE: calling a config file from bean

2001-07-08 Thread Fernando Padilla
I'm not sure if ResourceBundle is what you'll want. So here are a few more things to look at, just in case. java.util.Properties has a load method that can take in an InputStream javax.servlet.ServletContext has a getResouceAsStream method which will get you the properties file ( from web app

RE: Accessing a packaged file

2001-04-23 Thread Fernando Padilla
you want to take a look at the getServletContext().getResource* methods. These methods are implemented by the Servlet Container to allow the servlet to access resources where ever they happend to be.. either in a file, in a WAR file, in a database, however the container wants to maintain it..

Re: Fed up to the back teeth with tomcat !!!

2001-04-11 Thread Fernando Padilla
Hmm, interesting.. I did have a similar issue with an Oracle driver a while back. Yes, the Debugging helped alot. So I was driven to doing a System.gc(); after and/or before every statement... :) I think discovered this, assuming that all of that io and String creation forced a gc... and it se

FORM Login help

2001-03-31 Thread Fernando Padilla
hi. I am having issues with relative urls inside of the login-form page. I'm wondering what the expected behavior is, and if other expect tomcat to work differently.. below is an attempt at describing what's going on. The problem is that the base url changes depending on the resource that w

Re: Question regarding the JSP include action versus the JSP includedirective

2001-03-08 Thread Fernando Padilla
the include directive is at page translation, but it's the page source... in pseudo jsp :) A: HI B: HI C: C becomes: HI requestdispatcher( B ).include() and that is what is executed.. thus both getDate() calls are made are request time.. fern On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Paul J Deitel wrote

Re: Realm classes and ClassLoaders

2001-03-05 Thread Fernando Padilla
I'm confused. I have Realm authentication set-up. I haven't heard about the Authenticator API? Is that configurable from the server.xml as well?? fern > You would need to sublcass whichever authenticator class you are using > (such as > org.apache.catalina.authenticator.FormAuthenticator) an

Re: QuickSorting Vectors

2001-03-02 Thread Fernando Padilla
I know you asked for Vector, but if you could use the Collection classes ( Java2, java.util.Collection, java.util.List, etc ), you can look at java.util.Collections for some sorting methods though it's not quicksort, they claim n log(n) .. fern ps - no need to respond to this.. On Fri, 2

Re: Realm classes and ClassLoaders

2001-03-02 Thread Fernando Padilla
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Craig R. McClanahan wrote: > Fernando Padilla wrote: > > > > Again, I'm trying to bridge the gap between the classloader used by the > > server and the classloader used by the web app. So that I can cast/use an > > object from one classl

Realm classes and ClassLoaders

2001-03-01 Thread Fernando Padilla
I have a MyRealm class to lock down my webapp. That works fine. I have the jar file with the classes in $TOMCAT_HOME/server and within $WEB_APP/WEB_INF/lib. The Web App needs to gain access to the username/password given to the Realm ( right now I store it in the MyPrincipal class ), to be ab

RE: webapp icons, disabling directory listings, and tags in web.xml

2001-02-27 Thread Fernando Padilla
OK. I apologize, i must have a 3.1. So how could we get this behavior with 4.x? :) thanx fern On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Ignacio J. Ortega wrote: > > hey, I've heard this before, but have never found this > > StaticInterceptor > > in server.xml. I just tried to look for it in tomcat 4.x and > >

Re: webapp icons, disabling directory listings, and tags in web.xml

2001-02-27 Thread Fernando Padilla
Stefan, The web.xml file is completely defined as part of the Servlet 2.2 Specification, when it defines Web Applications. Go there for the official reference. On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Stefán F. Stefánsson wrote: > Hello. > > I was wondering if anyone knows if the element in web.xml is not > wor

Re: webapp icons, disabling directory listings, and tags in web.xml

2001-02-27 Thread Fernando Padilla
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Chris Haynes wrote: > Stefan, > > You can turn off the generation of indexes by setting the argument > suppress="true" > in the StaticInterceptor entry in server.xml. > hey, I've heard this before, but have never found this StaticInterceptor in server.xml. I just tried to

Re: Authentication to LDAP

2001-02-26 Thread Fernando Padilla
u need > for the plugins to work. > I have not been looking at this much so if someone could enlight my on the > subject i could check. > > /Peter > - Original Message - > From: "Fernando Padilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: Authentication to LDAP

2001-02-26 Thread Fernando Padilla
Tomcat 3.x uses Interceptors and thus the SecurityCheck. Tomcat 4.x uses Generalized Security handling code with pluggable Realm classes ( realms are access points into user authentication, authorization information ). Realms are pluggable under the conf/server.xml file. There is a SimpleRealm

Filter

2001-02-22 Thread Fernando Padilla
I am unknowledgable to the Servlet 2.3 specification, so I would like pointers to using Tomcat with "Filter"s. If it is as simple as go read the spec, then just ignore this. Currently, my Web Application Architecture has JSP pages which the first thing they do is call a helper class to pre-hand

Re: *** Referring to a file or a directory from inside a jsp/servletor bean ???? ***

2001-02-20 Thread Fernando Padilla
gt; Dom > > > - Original Message - > From: "Fernando Padilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jonathan Asbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 4:34 PM > Subject: Re: *** Referring to a file or a d

RE: formbased authentication: login.jsp is protected as well ?

2001-02-20 Thread Fernando Padilla
I will have to further ask, how about content referenced from those pages? Such as images. Is there an easy way to say secure everything, except these directories? Is there a special role, "GUEST" or "ANONYMOUS" which we can assign the images directory... etc etc? fern On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, R

Re: *** Referring to a file or a directory from inside a jsp/servletor bean ???? ***

2001-02-20 Thread Fernando Padilla
It all depends on what your code is. I'm assuming you're just using new File( relpath ), which should be relative to the user.dir system property, which should be Tomcat bin I suppose ( this is all educated guessing i tell you. ). Does knowing that help you? Your relative path should then be "

Re: Help: database user authentication how-to.

2001-02-15 Thread Fernando Padilla
Yes, it was a stupid question. Tomcat 4 does indeed have JDBCRealm. Sorry guys. fern On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Fernando Padilla wrote: > > I've been looking at the code in Tomcat 3.2, there is no JDBCRealm > present. Do I need to be looking at Tomcat 4.0? Apologies for the stu

Re: Help: database user authentication how-to.

2001-02-15 Thread Fernando Padilla
I've been looking at the code in Tomcat 3.2, there is no JDBCRealm present. Do I need to be looking at Tomcat 4.0? Apologies for the stupid question. fern On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Christian Rauh wrote: > Dear People, > > I am totally confused on how to proceed with the user authentication in >

Re: loading oracle drivers from classes12.zip?

2001-02-09 Thread Fernando Padilla
I believe so. The story is that the Web App Spec states that it will load .jar files, not .zip files from the Web App lib directory ( even though they're essentially the same ). People here have suggested to simple rename the file from calsses12.zip to classes12.jar. You could also unpack it a

Re: FormBased Authentication properties

2001-02-08 Thread Fernando Padilla
This might seem as pestering, but how do we setup user and role definitions for tomcat to authenticate against? I tried looking through the Tomcat Documentation, but maybe I didn't try hard enough. fernando On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Craig R. McClanahan wrote: > > > Johnson Lim wrote: > > > Hello,

RE: Even simpler... where do I put oracle drivers?

2001-02-06 Thread Fernando Padilla
Yes that is part of the J2EE Web Application Spec. On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Carles Pi-Sunyer wrote: > To make this work for me, I've had to change the name of the file from > class111.zip to classes111.jar. It appears that only files with the .jar > extension are automatically picked up and added t

Re: Trouble with web.xml P.S.

2001-01-28 Thread Fernando Padilla
I was wondering about that. I just finished reading the Servlet Specification and they made no mention of Init Params under the servlet element. And I wondered how they interacted with Init Params at the context level. You're saying that the servlet init params completely over shadow the contex

Re: WebApps and Sub-Projects

2001-01-23 Thread Fernando Padilla
hi. I am definitely interested in this topic so plese speak up. I am currently trying to define standard project structures for my company and will be dealing with these same topics very soon. fern fernando padilla - To