Re: DTD Location

[KenHoying]

Thanks you!  I figured they would not have implemented it with a lookup
over the web.

Thanks,
Ken Hoying
Practice Partner
TITAN Technology Partners
Pager: 216-275-7284


                                                                                       
                            
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On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Currently, the XML indicates that the DTD is located over the web using a
> public qualifier.  Does it really check over the web for the DTD to
> validate against?  I would rather not do this for performance reasons.
If
> it does, can I change the reference to a SYSTEM ref instead.  What is the
> recommended approach for a production implementation?
>

If you look inside the controller servlet, you'll see that it registers a
local copy of the struts-config DTD, as well as the web.xml DTDs, with the
XML parser (the digester.register() calls).  This tells the parser to use
the local copy when a request for the specified public identifier is made.

Among other things, that means you can run Struts-based apps even when you
are not connected to the internet.  As long as your struts-config.xml file
has the correct public identifier, Struts does *not* go across the net to
perform the validation.

> Thanks in Advance,
> Ken Hoying
> Practice Partner
> TITAN Technology Partners
> Pager: 216-275-7284
>
>

Craig McClanahan