I would prefer to see a self-contained WAR file ( or a set of self-contained wars ).
Costin On Sat, 25 May 2002, Vincent Massol wrote: > Thanks to speak your mind Costin. At least you answered. I would have > liked more feedback from other committers. > > For the time being I'll prepare a "cactification" script for Tomcat that > will be delivered with Cactus. BTW, is there any problem if we create in > cactusland a specially packaged Tomcat version that is cactus-aware ? > I'm not sure yet we want to follow that route but if we wanted to do > this and put it in the cactus release directory, would you see any > problem ? > > I'll repost in 6 months ... :-) > > Thanks > -Vincent > > Sidenote: I believe Cactus could very effectively be used as a > regression testing tool for the Tomcat project. It has already > discovered problems in the past. I haven't looked at the Watchdog > project but it could be either a replacement or a complement to it. You > should try it at some point. I would love to hear comments of what you > don't like/do like. Quick start up guide for Tomcat is available here : > http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/1.4/howto_tomcat.html (needs only 10 > minutes). > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 24 May 2002 19:41 > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Cc: List Tomcat-Dev > > Subject: Re: [Proposal] Tomcat and Cactus (Repost) > > > > On Fri, 24 May 2002, Vincent Massol wrote: > > > > > I'm reposting in the secret hope that I got no response to this > email I > > > sent last week because no one saw it in the flood of Tomcat emails ! > If > > > I get no answer this time, I will understand that no one finds this > of > > > interest and will try again in 6 months - 1 year :-) > > > > I think it would be a good idea :-), there is already far too much > going > > on, with all the new features and changes ( jmx, 4.1, jk2, jasper2, > > coyote, etc ). > > > > Costin > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > -Vincent > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > Hi Tomcat developers, > > > > > > This is a proposal to bring Jakarta Tomcat and Jakarta Cactus > > > (http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus) closer. I hope you'll like it. > > > > > > (0) Rationale > > > > > > Jakarta Cactus is a unit testing framework for testing Servlet, > Taglibs > > > and Filters. Jakarta Tomcat is a Servlet engine (Servlet, Taglibs, > > > Filters). They are both part of the Jakarta community. At the > moment, > > > there are no existing Servlet container that have an easy way to > unit > > > test Servlets. The idea is to bring this ease of use to Tomcat by > making > > > it easy to use Cactus within Tomcat (in other words, add a unit > testing > > > service to Tomcat). > > > > > > (1) Scope of the proposal > > > > > > a) To bundle Cactus within Tomcat so that it provides a unique ease > of > > > use for Tomcat users who wishes to test their servlet code > > > b) To make Cactus the official Tomcat test framework for end users > > > > > > (1) From the point of view of Tomcat users > > > > > > By providing the bundling defined in point (2) below, Tomcat end > users > > > would only have to do the following to test their code (see > > > http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/1.4/howto_tomcat.html, steps 4 to > 6) : > > > > > > a) Create Cactus test classes in their WEB-INF/classes directory > > > b) Open a browser and type the URL of the Cactus test runner, > passing > > > the name of the test class (see the link above for details) > > > > > > (2) Cactus bundling in Tomcat > > > > > > "Bundling" Cactus in Tomcat means (see steps 1 to 3 on the above > link) : > > > > > > a) Adding the following jars to common/lib : cactus.jar, junit.jar, > > > httpclient.jar, aspectjrt.jar (total of 423 KB) > > > b) Adding the Cactus servlet test runner and redirector servlet and > > > mappings in conf/web.xml > > > > > > (3) Versions > > > > > > The target Tomcat version for this proposal is 4.0 and greater. The > > > Cactus one is 1.4 and greater (note that Cactus 1.4 is not released > yet > > > and is still in CVS - It can be downloaded from the nightly build). > > > > > > Comments, ideas ? > > > > > > Thank you > > > -Vincent (from the Cactus team) > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-dev- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-dev- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
