Hi Craig, VInce, and everybody else:
The specification is the ultimate arbitrer. The spec can be used by
vendors (platform and tools), documentation authors (books, etc), and
end-users.
Watchdog are compatibility tests. They can be used by anybody,
including implementors.
If the RI (tomcat) violates the spec, it is a bug and it should be
fixed. It is harder with features that are outside of the spec.
Neither the Servlet 2.2 nor JSP 1.1 are without holes and any RI,
regardless of how it is implemented or distributed, has to make some
decisions. Maybe we should document them somewhere to address this
problem. Let's talk.
Both Danny and I are working on an errata for Servlet 2.2 and JSP 1.1.
And we hope to close more holes and complete key functionality as part
of Servlet.next and JSP.next; I hope you will help us with that.
Hope this helps some,
- eduard/o
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:05:29 -0500
> From: "Stark, Scott (Exchange)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Tomcat-as-a-reference implementation?
>
> I agree with this logic from a vendors perspective. Conformance should be
> based on a well defined compatability test suite and any servlet engine
> vendor can measure themselves against. Does such a test suite exist?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vince Bonfanti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 9:26 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Tomcat-as-a-reference implementation?
>
>
> Yes, I'm concerned about this from the perspective of the vendor of a
> servlet/JSP engine that strives to faithfully implement the specs. My
> concern is that people will apply the following logic to non-spec features:
>
> 1. Tomcat is the Reference Implementation of servlets/JSP.
> 2. Tomcat implements Feature X.
> 3. Vendor Y's servlet engine doesn't implement Feature X, or implements
> it differently than Tomcat.
> 4. Therefore, Vendor Y's servlet engine isn't spec-compliant.
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