Nope, this won't work. The Request needs to be mapped before TC knows how to find the Session.
After the Context is started, it should have a Manager (if you haven't explicitly configured one). I'm guessing that you are doing some sort of Mock unit testing, and you want the Session configured before you run your test. In that case, you want something like (after you call start): Manager manager = context.getManager(); Session session = manager.createSession("MySessionId"); manager.add(session); HttpSession hsession = session.getSession(); hsession.setAttribute(foo, bar); "Auke Noppe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I have the app working. But I want to set some attributes on the session (like a user). Does anyone knows how I can get to the HttpSession? I tried to create a org.apache.catalina.connector.Request via connector.createRequest() and invoke the request.getSession() method, but I always receive null from the request. The manager of the context is empty I found out. Should it not be instantiated/set during startup? I there another way to get a reference of a HttpSession? Regards, Auke -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Bill Barker Verzonden: dinsdag 23 oktober 2007 3:27 Aan: users@tomcat.apache.org Onderwerp: Re: Start tomcat without Connector It is possible, but not easy. The Connector is integrated pretty tightly with the Catalina code now. In particular, you can't just call the invoke method on the Context, since the mappings are done via the Connector. It will probably be easier to create a Connector using the MemoryProtocolHandler (in org.apache.coyote.memory). You're code can get a reference to it by calling getProtocolHandler() on the Connector, and then feed your request through the process method of MemoryProtocolHandler. "Auke Noppe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi there, Is it possible to start an instance of (embedded)tomcat without connector, and to invoke pages through the context.invoke(request, response) method? I have written a small application which starts embedded tomcat with a server, engine, host and context, but without connector. And the application invokes the invoke method of the context. But I dont get a response back. public void startTomcat() throws LifecycleException { embedded = new Embedded(); engine = embedded.createEngine(); engine.setName("Catalina"); host = embedded.createHost("localhost", getPath() + "/webapps"); engine.addChild(host); context = embedded.createContext("", "C:/stage_auke/workspace/trunk/web"); context.setPrivileged(false); host.addChild(context); String config = host.getConfigClass(); ((StandardContext)context).setDefaultWebXml(getPath()+"/conf/web.xml"); context.setAvailable(true); embedded.addEngine(engine); embedded.start(); } The other method calls context.invoke with a filled request and response. Anyone an idea? Regards, Auke No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.5/1084 - Release Date: 21-10-2007 15:09 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.6/1086 - Release Date: 22-10-2007 19:57 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.6/1086 - Release Date: 22-10-2007 19:57 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]