-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Garret,
On 4/19/19 15:12, Mark Thomas wrote: > On April 19, 2019 4:20:24 PM UTC, Garret Wilson > <gar...@globalmentor.com> wrote: >> I'm wanting to embed Tomcat to only serve static files (for the >> moment). That is, no JSP, etc. I also want to have the welcome >> files completely customizable. >> >> So instead of calling `tomcat.addWebapp()`, I go the completely >> programmable route and call `tomcat.addContext()`, >> `context.createWrapper()`, etc. This makes my bypass the >> `DefaultWebXmlListener`, which would have called >> `initWebappDefaults(Context ctx)` to set up the welcome files and >> such myself. >> >> But `initWebappDefaults()` also sets up the default MIME >> mappings. And `Tomcat.DEFAULT_MIME_MAPPINGS` is private. >> >> So the situation seems to be that Tomcat forces me to choose >> between creating a full-fledged JSP server, or setting up all the >> MIME types with some list of my own. Maybe it would be good for >> me to have my own list eventually, but for now this seems like an >> artificial choice forced upon me. >> >> Part of the problem seems to be that the (ancient?) code has the >> MIME mappings as a string array!! Heaven knows we don't want to >> expose that. >> >> It should really be turned into a read-only map and then exposed >> so we can use it. >> >> Then of course I see the comment: >> >>> TODO: would a properties resource be better ? Or just parsing >> /etc/mime.types ? >> >> To answer part of that question, we can't just parse >> `/etc/mime.types` because the embedded server might not even have >> an `/etc/mime.types` file. This should definitely be put into a >> properties resource, I would >> >> think. >> >> So I've probably answered my own question; this is an old TODO >> that needs to be done, I suppose? > > Yep. +1 This is a perfect "beginner" enhancement. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - https://www.enigmail.net/ iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEMmKgYcQvxMe7tcJcHPApP6U8pFgFAly6K5wACgkQHPApP6U8 pFhxyRAAw2AkPD1gtbc9/0poWuZrJMBLeDY41G13V+3VGwAu+YsBTpUmyh24lv/6 YOjGiNLYvqYLoKMx//obH/dwK38OwzZVJcS6z91ip9E5Unu2s++X3tNlOh98+C69 xCIc09Q/9B4jCIwA2NrgQY5KBqRk6wPm+xcG6EvCBJ8jijDkaw9qs9TkvUI26sIs 6JR24wR6YipTG6r4DTpHl8Z0ltbgEA14rws9TvQUWvODizvFVEZroSVtIsF6NYBB wiiA+JPuvcWHyouxoQCLtrTELkcAX2F7RskY+vaH8Yvr4lUiX+P6mPHuLh9X/CLF yoaks+zc/wPiaGiECh08zw6d5HFvwvM7cseLWhDO+PCVj2HsoIxxLniaBRWmYF5t QPdRFIc83Gz5Aq6TUNyxjIqNXZnN5Fz1pvxWitSK671APKLzpqI27mf90GF9+gqL VVbROKlfpzacE98pv7UHeKT9v0rEo1Ramw29BwpshtDvhVgEIrcMID0/ExDdct4W bd4NUY1PEW3ykB0HVKCDEPPQVecbuNEYFe7tgtxO8YZqq1adyZmGCQffaQEpa7z0 mWKBa8JAFDpDS2sQMDlLP2Lddu1z2wW8izdWt5ArFCSGZQpVJQh7XQY41Fy7bB0y 5lH7htGK0S2CrvX7UT4JpmNbvtQ1b4K/hb1wKI3O/ljKnUKXDNs= =B/mc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
