Probably a good idea to include it in the docs then?
> On Jul 6, 2015, at 2:43 PM, Andrus Adamchik <and...@objectstyle.org> wrote:
>
> Yeah, this looks about right. This is a correct way to use CayenneFilter.
>
>> On Jul 6, 2015, at 12:35 PM, Joe Baldwin <jfbald...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> OK, after over an hour of hacking, I think I have figured out at least some
>> of the rules for specifying the location of Cayenne config files in a Tomcat
>> environment. I put this together from bits an pieces I found in the docs -
>> I could not find a full example.
>>
>> For anyone who is configuring a Cayenne 4.X web.xml filter here is what I
>> found. I cannot say this is the best or only way to do this, but it seems
>> to work for at least the basic Cayenne 4.X configuration files. (I also
>> have dbcp.properties in the same directory).
>>
>> In this example, my domain name is “CMSDomain”. This is an excerpt from my
>> web.xml file. The init-param appears to be named “configuration-location”,
>> and the value is a path to the Cayenne Modeler xml file relative to classes
>> (which is part of the standard Tomcat classpath). It appears that the
>> filter derives the directory name from the embedded path.
>>
>> I could not find an example of this in the docs, but this appears to work in
>> Cayenne 4.X. If anyone has a better idea, please let me know.
>>
>> <filter>
>> <filter-name>cayenne-CMSDomain</filter-name>
>>
>> <filter-class>org.apache.cayenne.configuration.web.CayenneFilter</filter-class>
>> <init-param>
>> <param-name>configuration-location</param-name>
>>
>> <param-value>config/cayenne/cayenne-CMSDomain.xml</param-value>
>> </init-param>
>> </filter>
>> <filter-mapping>
>> <filter-name>cayenne-CMSDomain</filter-name>
>> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
>> </filter-mapping>
>>
>>
>> Joe
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>>> On Jul 6, 2015, at 11:48 AM, John Huss <johnth...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> You can use subfolders inside WEB-INF/classes. These are essentially java
>>> packages, although it doesn't really matter. How you handle it would
>>> depend on your dev environment and build tool.
>>>
>>> With ant based projects, just throw in the src folder under whatever
>>> package you want, then ensure your ant script includes it in the build.
>>>
>>> With maven or other tools you would put in under
>>> src/main/resources/whatever/package/you/want. With maven I imagine this
>>> just does the right thing.
>>>
>>> Then in your code to create the runtime you just specify the whole package
>>> in path format. new
>>> ServerRuntime("/whatever/package/you/want/cayenne-MyApp.xml"). If it
>>> doesn't work in the built version it's probably because you aren't actually
>>> copying the file in the build product.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 10:34 AM Joe Baldwin <jfbald...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK, lets start over. You say below:
>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, XML files can be placed in subdirectories of any CLASSPATH
>>>> directory. So if you have the project file under
>>>> "WEB-INF/classes/org/example/cayenne-myproject.xml" , your location would
>>>> be "org/example/cayenne-myproject.xml".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And I am reporting that this only works if the config files are in the
>>>> "WEB-INF/classes" directory. If I put them in a directory, say
>>>> "WEB-INF/classes/cayenne-config” it fails. My understanding from your
>>>> comment is that it is possible to put them in this directory. If so, then
>>>> how is this done per Cayenne rules. I would prefer an example.
>>>>
>>>> If it is not possible to do so then please let me know.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 6, 2015, at 11:14 AM, Andrus Adamchik <and...@objectstyle.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Try debugging your app, putting a breakpoint in
>>>> ClassLoaderResourceLocator.findResources(..) method. This may give you an
>>>> idea.
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrus
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 5, 2015, at 9:11 PM, Joe Baldwin <jfbald...@earthlink.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OK, so the question is “how”.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (I spent about 45min hacking different combinations and none worked.
>>>> All I could get working is depositing all the config files in the top
>>>> level WEB-INF/classes dir. I am sure I am missing something but the
>>>> previous two solutions stopped working with 4.0)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jul 5, 2015, at 8:56 PM, Andrus Adamchik <and...@objectstyle.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jul 5, 2015, at 8:51 PM, Joe Baldwin <jfbald...@earthlink.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "configuration-location" init parameter.”
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This was mentioned in the docs. Is this not good practice?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I would *prefer* to put them in a separate directory under
>>>> “classes”. Is there a better way to do this - in your experience?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, XML files can be placed in subdirectories of any CLASSPATH
>>>> directory. So if you have the project file under
>>>> "WEB-INF/classes/org/example/cayenne-myproject.xml" , your location would
>>>> be "org/example/cayenne-myproject.xml". This is a standard way of locating
>>>> any kind of resources in Java via ClassLoader.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Andrus
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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