Author: dblevins
Date: Sun Sep 16 18:27:21 2012
New Revision: 1385338
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1385338&view=rev
Log:
clarifying the difference between Tomcat+TomEE.war and TomEE
Modified:
openejb/site/trunk/content/tomee-webapp.mdtext
Modified: openejb/site/trunk/content/tomee-webapp.mdtext
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openejb/site/trunk/content/tomee-webapp.mdtext?rev=1385338&r1=1385337&r2=1385338&view=diff
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--- openejb/site/trunk/content/tomee-webapp.mdtext (original)
+++ openejb/site/trunk/content/tomee-webapp.mdtext Sun Sep 16 18:27:21 2012
@@ -16,7 +16,20 @@ Notice: Licensed to the Apache Softwa
specific language governing permissions and limitations
under the License.
-## Can I delete the 'tomee' webapp?
+There are two forms of the `tomee` webapp to consider:
+
+ - from an **tomee-1.x.x.war** that has been downloaded and added to a Tomcat
7 install. This `tomee` webapp will contain all the necessary libraries to add
the missing Java EE functionality to Tomcat as well as a small console.
+ - from an **apache-tomee-1.x.x.zip**. The `tomee` webapp shipped inside a
TomEE zip or tar is the same webapp as above, but with the libraries moved into
the `<tomcat-home>/lib/` directory
+
+The only real difference between a "Tomcat with drop-in tomee.war" and a
"TomEE" install is where the additional libraries live.
+
+## Deleting from plain Tomcat
+
+Deleting the `tomee` webapp from a plain Tomcat install will effectively
uninstall TomEE from Tomcat.
+
+## Deleting from TomEE
+
+Deleting the `tomee` webapp from a TomEE install is safe as the needed
libraries have been moved into `<tomcat-home>/lib/`
The only loss of functionality would be the ability to remotely execute EJBs
over HTTP. However this can easily be added to a different webapp like so:
@@ -43,4 +56,3 @@ Then you can create an `InitialContext`
InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext(p);
MyBean myBean = (MyBean) ctx.lookup("MyBeanRemote");
-
