Remy Maucherat wrote: > BootstrapService never used a port.
You're right. I keep confusing the things - I now switched to CatalinaService and it works. BootstrapService depends on daemon - and I don't use daemon to start. ( I hope deamon will switch to introspection ) > Sorry I missed something, but I had the impression that the bootstrap > code was linked with the configuration code. I don't see how we can do > all the changes and add JMX at the core level without doing a new JMX > based launcher (JBoss style, I guess). Maybe I missed something (too > much vacation, I suppose) ;-) Ok. First, I don't think the bootstrap is 'linked' to configuration. The role of bootstrap is to create 2 classloaders, load a class and pass all the params. The only possible configuration would be the location of the server/lib and common/lib - and that could be done using the trick we discuss ( look in the classpath, find the dir ). Having one class with start/stop/main/execute/setters and minimal external deps ( commons-logging and introspection maybe ) should work. The second step is Catalina/CatalinaService. Again, having a single story would be really good. This is the real 'entry point' and should have setters and execute for ant and JMX, as well as main. Regarding JMX - any application can use modeler ( or a similar tool ) and use Catalina.java as a JMX bean. With DynamicMBean it takes one line of code. After that - no need to use any tomcat-specific API, it's just a regular MBean. The configuration is more of an issue after start() is called. If we want to use JMX 'everywhere' ( JBoss style ) or not - that's a different issue. I think it is a good idea, but it needs more discussion and feedback. So far my 'pre-proposal' on configuration got some nodding, but no real feedback or interest. If I'm the only one who has this itch - we can leave server.xml, I won't spend the time implementing something that nobody needs. Costin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
