On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Holscher, David M wrote:
>
> I agree totally and wouldn't ship a web app that relies on anything outside
> the war file. I also understand that Tomcat has a lib directory to place
> stuff that you want all applications to see. Neither of these things help
> me. First of all, I have libraries that I don't want other apps to see so
> the lib directory is a bad place (it's probably a bad idea to have anything
> in the lib directory anyhow). Perhaps, I should pose my question another
> way. Is there any way I can add jar files at a fixed location to a single
> web app running under Tomcat?
>
> Really at issue, is that I can do it with JRun which I would really like to
> replace with Tomcat 4.0 when it comes out of beta.
>
You're relying on a platform specific feature that is *not* in the
spec.
Also, doesn't relying on this violate your first statement about "wouldn't
ship a web app that relies on anything outside the war file"?
> _______________________
> David Holscher
>
Craig
