1. What is the 'default' servlet? Is the servlet
defined in a web.xml file to have the 'servlet-name'
"default"? Couldn't find definition in servlet spec.
2. How does Tomcat map a request to a specific
application? For instance, if my tomcat-apache.conf
file, which is #included in my httpd.conf, says:
JkMount /MyApp/servlet/* ajp12
JkMount /MyApp/*.jsp ajp12
I'm taking this to mean that any URLs that pattern
match the above will be handled by Tomcat. There are
other entries
Alias /MyApp "~webapps/MyApp"
<Directory "~webapps/MyApp">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
</Directory>
Is it one of these entries (Alias/Directory) that tell
Tomcat which app to run? If so, does Tomcat just
looking in ~WEB-INF/ for a 'web.xml' file - hopefully
containing more info on which servlet to run (may
depend on question #1)?
3. Where can I read more on how to configure Tomcat
such that my source files are not in the traditional
.war file layout (if possible?)?
4. Several of my applications will share a common
codebase concerning security, logging, etc. Can I put
these classes in a common place for all webapps?
(Relates to question #3).
Thanks.
--Peter--
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