Hi, Yeah, well put, saving me time to type up this response yet again ;) To the OP (I think) who said it'd be nice if context.xml was handled uniformly: sure, that would be nice. Please submit patches for any area you find inconsistent.
Yoav Shapira http://www.yoavshapira.com >-----Original Message----- >From: Benson Margulies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 11:21 AM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: RE: Re[2]: JNDI DataSource GlobalResources problem > >The standard make a series of provisions for the case in which there is >no 'pathname' corresponding to some resource in a web application. These >provisions were intended to support a model where a WAR file is never >exploded into a native file system. Conceptually, you can model this as >supporting unexploded WAR, but that's just a conceptual model. The >conspicuous practical case is Oracle, which unpacks the WAR into the >database. > >However, I respecfully submit that all of this is beside your original >point. > >I think that the important point is that the specifications only deal >with self-contained web applications, whether or not anyone ever >assembles one into a WAR file. Tomcat is not trying to be a full J2EE >container (c.f. jboss). The designers are willing to add functionality >to permit the use of the J2EE resource model, but they are very >protective of Tomcat's status as a relatively tight, lightweight device. > > >The META-INF/server.xml thing isn't, currently, a WAR feature. It's >narrower than that. It's restricted to a particular tool for deploying >from a WAR. This very narrow view is much more a reflection of the >desire to avoid feature bloat than any particular tilt to or from WAR >files. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
