Why don't you put all your stuff under Tomcat? With Struts 1.1, it's possible to define several contexts for your application (i.e. have several struts-config.xml files) and this seems to me the solution which possibly could address your needs. Additionally, if you have the possibility, the ideal solution would be a mixture between Apache httpd and Tomcat, so that HTML is served by Apache which guarantees better performances.
I know that the security issue is a 'pain in the ass' (I'm writing my security model but the reason is that I'm guaranteeing security on the EJB tier, and there is no vendor-independent security solution at present), but if you need only to check security at the web-lier, I would seriously think to implement the security using Tomcat native architecture, with one of its security realms modules. Hope this will help, Marco ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Langford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 1:19 AM Subject: Advice wanted about mapping URIs to pages > I'm trying to decide how to lay out my application. The major question > is how to make Tomcat run it, but ideas for better organization would > be welcome also. > > I'd better describe the setup, even though it's a bit lengthy. I'm running > a separate instance of Tomcat, dedicated to this project. It's got two major > sections: access control and content. > 1) The access control is a set of JSP pages (using Struts) that handle > user signup, login, etc. I have written a <Filter> that checks credentials > on each page. > 2) The content is a bunch of static HTML, GIFs, Flash, etc. Down the road > there will also be some JSP here. This stuff is written by another person, > and mostly already exists. > > I'd like to have the directory | Accessed from URI's such as these: > layout like this: | > > ./tomcat/webapps/control.war xyz.com/ > ./web/public/*.html xyz.com/public/foo.html > ./web/basic/*.html xyz.com/good/bar.html > ./web/deluxe/*.html xyz.com/better/some.pdf > ./web/premier/*.html xyz.com/best/cool.swf > > The first one seems straightforward. The others are a bit harder. It's not > going to be possible to put them into a .WAR file, and they're going to > be updated constantly. They're not under the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory, > so I don't know how to tell Tomcat to find them. Maybe symbolic links? > > The hard part is context. My custom <Filter> has to apply to all the > directories > under ./web, but also access the Session and other data that is part of > control.war, > and I've had trouble doing that. It would be easy to have them be separate > apps, > but I can't get my authentication working that way. > > Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated. I'm still > experimenting, > but I feel like every idea I've tried is an ugly hack. I'd rather be > elegant :-) > > Thanks! > > P.S. Infrastructure: Linux 2.4.x, Tomcat 4.1.27, Struts 1.1. Solutions > don't > have to be portable to other software. I'd rather not use Tomcat 5, > though. (Yet) > > > -- > Bob Langford > Silicon Masters Consulting, Inc. 8207 Stone River Court, Richmond, VA 23235 > phone: 804-674-1253 fax: 804-745-6650 > http://www.silicon-masters.com/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
