> From: Shapira, Yoav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Steve probably had a Filter in mind, not a regular Servlet. While
> higher in portability (but further down the execution pipeline) than a
> Servlet, a Filter can be used to redirect requests and responses as
> needed. A Valve is very similar to a Filter conceptually, but is
> Tomcat-specific. In fact Valves were around before Filters,
> and are now for the most part not strictly necessary.
Thanks for that piece of information - we'll look at using filters
rather than valves.
> However, I think your requirements cannot be met by the current Tomcat
> codebase without substantial modifications. You'd need *at least* a
> custom Host (to not use the work directory filestore), a custom Jasper
> (for the same purpose), a custom ApplicationDispatcher, a custom
> Context, and possibly other components. As you said in your original
> post, "zany" ;)
Indeed. OK, I'll work on other ways to do this. Thanks for the help.
- Peter
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