with the upcoming 2.2 release we hope to have the big picture much
more clearly painted. it is there with 2.1 although it can be tough to see.
i personally am quite enthused about this stuff as things are coming together
quite nicely for "java on the server" types.
hope this helps,
- james
"Emuleomo, Olu (PME)" wrote:
> What I meant by "change things around" was the introduction of default.cfg,
> WEB-INF and the subtle changes
> in servlets.properties
> (also used to be called servlet.properties!)
> To make things worse, SUN also did not release adequate documentation to
> explain the differences!
> I know I spent a full day 'porting' from my 'old' environment.
> I still dont know what the new changes buy us, but I guess this will be
> revealed in the near future.
>
> --Olu E.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Todd [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 4:39 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: JSP - beans - configuration quesions
> >
> > regarding default.cfg, what change are you referring to? the changes that
> > led up to the default.cfg format of today or of upcoming configuration
> > changes (xml format)?
> >
> > a simple response could be priorities/timing/resources. i'm actually the
> > fellow who jumped in on the config issues and feel moving to an xml
> > format will help greatly concerning human parsing concerns. that said,
> > i've been on the team for 2 months now (back to m y priorities/timing/
> > resources response).
> >
> > hope this helps,
> >
> > - james
> >
> > "Emuleomo, Olu (PME)" wrote:
> >
> > > What I cant understand is why Sun felt they had to change things around.
> > > Obvioulsy, this change is quite confusing because there are so many
> > posts on
> > > this thread regarding servlet.cfg
> > >
> > > --Olu E.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: James Todd [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 8:45 PM
> > > > To: A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java
> > Servlet
> > > > API Technology.
> > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Re: JSP - beans - configuration quesions
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > <cross-posting to [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >
> > > > hi paul -
> > > >
> > > > with regards to item 1:
> > > >
> > > > the default.cfg file is a means by which to configure service
> > > > options prior to startup. that other means is command line
> > > > (eg. startserver -help). the options are:
> > > >
> > > > server.port the port the http service will be
> > > > listening on once started
> > > > server.hostname the server's host name
> > > > server.inet the server's ip address
> > > > server.docbase the directory name which will be used
> > > > to resolve the default
> > "/"
> > > > resource
> > > > server.workdir a scratch work dir
> > > >
> > > > # note: multiple tuples of the following can be added
> > > >
> > > > server.webapp.foo.mapping=/bar
> > > > a named resource
> > > > server.webapp.foo.docbase=bar
> > > > the directory name which will
> > be
> > > > used
> > > > to resolve requests for the
> > afore
> > > > mentioned
> > > > mapping resource
> > > >
> > > > without changing a thing, you should be able to start the server:
> > > >
> > > > % startserver
> > > >
> > > > and view the "home page" at:
> > > >
> > > > http://localhost:8080/
> > > >
> > > > if you change one or more of the afore mentioned configurations
> > > > you can adjust the url accordingly to see the results.
> > > >
> > > > the remainder of your questions are better served on
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > so i stop at this point.
> > > >
> > > > hope this helps,
> > > >
> > > > - james
> > > >
> > > > /servlet-interest Paula Lumby wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I;ve asked these before, but no one replied, so I'll try again:
> > > > >
> > > > > These questions relate to the JSP 1.0 reference implementation
> > > > downloadable from
> > > > > SUN
> > > > > 1. Is there an explanation of the default .cfg file apart from the
> > > > crypitc
> > > > > comments in the file?
> > > > > 2. Where should I put bean classes so that I do not get Class not
> > found
> > > > > exceptions when I try to load reference
> > > > > them in a JSP.
> > > > > a) What if the bean is used just by the JSP, as are the examples
> > > > provided in
> > > > > the reference implementation
> > > > > b) What if hte bean is preapred in advance by a servlet that then
> > > > invokes the
> > > > > JSP
> > > > > Paula Lumby
> > > > > IBM VisualAge for Java/C++/RPG Services
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