Hans, You're right, I was thinking about the JAR files, and not about the TLDs. But even if we have to deploy the TLDs in every web app it's going to be a big win to use one set of JARs instead of one per context. Seeing the the JSTL's Jars are quite large, and we have a large number of contexts, it would be a big win.
By the way got your books and read the chapter about packaging JSPs into a JAR file. Very helpful. Dror On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 01:09:48PM -0700, Hans Bergsten wrote: > Shawn Bayern wrote: > >On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Dror Matalon wrote: > > > > > >>We're using Tomcat 4.x We're planning on deploying the JSTL in > >>multiple contexts. Do we need to put the jar files in each context or > >>is it safe to put them in Tomcat's lib directory? > > > > > >The question really applies to an *implementation* of JSTL, not to the > >standard itself. > > > >Either way, it's a great question. The Standard Taglib, which is Apache's > >implementation and the basis for Sun's, should be "context-safe" as you > >describe it; at least, I know of nothing in the implementation that would > >break when used in multiple contexts. However, since it has never been > >formally tested in this regard, I can't guarantee it'll work that way. > >Feel free to file bug reports if you notice any anomalies under such a > >configuration; we'll take them under advisement. > > I think it's also, or even more so, a question about what the container > supports. I'm pretty sure Tomcat 4 doesn't scan JAR files in the common > directories for TLDs, for instance. If I'm right, you must have the TLDs > under WEB-INF in all apps anyway. > > Hans > -- > Hans Bergsten [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gefion Software http://www.gefionsoftware.com > JavaServer Pages http://TheJSPBook.com > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff > JSP-INTEREST". > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST > DIGEST". > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > http://www.jspinsider.com -- Dror Matalon Zapatec Inc 1700 MLK Way Berkeley, CA 94709 http://www.zapatec.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com