I'm no expert on XML, but I do write documents in XML which are then parsed/interpreted by a servlet (which I didn't write).
As far as I know, any XML document will parse without a DTD. A DTD just provides the syntax - e.g. tag names, tag attributes, tag structures (list of tags that a tag can contain). Without a DTD, the document is just checked for "well-formedness" - e.g. that all start tags have an end tag. It should be possible to store the web.xml DTD locally and modify the identifier to point to it. Don't ask me what the syntax of the identifier is - all I know is that it's different for DTDs that are local! Look in a good XML book (e.g. New Riders, Inside XML). I guess that having the DTD locally would also help when creating server.xml and web.xml files: you'd be able to use an XML editor with the DTD and therefore guarantee that all your <service>, <engine>, etc. tags where in the right order, with the right attributes. Thanks, John Quote for the week: The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society; but only if they know when to stop raking the muck. Theodore Roosevelt, Speech in New York, 11 Nov. 1902 -----Original Message----- From: Tom Bednarz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 January 2002 07:49 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: web.xml Question Hi everybody, Usually the web.xml file of a web application starts with the following: <!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd";> This URL referst to the dtd file on SUN's server. I think most XML parsers like SAX need to read the dtd file to be able to parse the XML file. Questions: What happens if I deploy an application on an Intranet which allows access to the internet only through a proxy server (with username / password authentication)? The dtd cannot be accessed and must be someware on the local disk. I found that TOMCAT has a web.xml in its conf directory. Could anybody explain me, which XML files I need to change and where do I need to put the downloaded web-app_2_3.dtd file? Is the web.xml in the conf directory like a parent to all web.xml files found under webapps\<application>\WEB-INF? (Something like the defaults for all web apps)? Could anybody help me out of this XML jungle? Many thanks! Thomas -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
