UDP Server app

2005-12-26 Thread kjr_23
I'm developing an application that will monitor a port on Tomcat 5.5.x and
receive udp datagrams.  I've got the class coded, but not sure if I've done
it correctly.  I created a class with a main() method that runs the code to
read from whatever port I specify.  Do I need to configure Tomcat to open
this port or listen on the port?  Should I inherit my server class from
thread, so it can be multithreaded?  How do I know my application is
running?  I usually just develop classes/applications that are initiated by
JSP pages.

Thanks,
K



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Re: UDP Server app

2005-12-26 Thread Pulkit Singhal
Hi,

A few questions to help clarify what you want:

1) Is this UDP port actually being used by your instance of Tomcat for
implementing some functionality and you simply want to listen on the port
without interfering with the actions that take place? (kind of like a wire
tap)
--> If you are indeed trying to "monitor a port on Tomcat" then I take it
that Tomcat already makes use of that port of somehow. In which case, you
should really have no need to open anything or configure Tomcat in any way,
shape or form.

2) Are you looking to add-to Tomcat's present functionality on this UDP port
or extend it with
your code?
--> I lack ideas on this one.

3) This really has nothing to do with Tomcat in the sense that you just want
to listen on a UDP port and your app just happens to be deployed on Tomcat
and you just want the damned thing to work?
--> I think that if its simply an app that you deployed on Tomcat that will
listen on any given UDP port then Tomcat has no business constraining you.
But ofcourse this can be confirmed :)

If it was me...here's how I would go about confirming:
a) I think that since main() is a static method, it should run automagically
when you deploy your app into webapps and start tomcat.
b) You can confirm this by writing a fake webapp (real quick) where the main
method contains print_out statements to your catalina.log
c) If you see these log statements in catalina.log or wherever else you
tried to output them to then your code in main() should have run.
d) Now, put similar print statements in your real webapp's main() method
inside the try and catch block so that you know if you are listening or
failing.
e) You can also write a test class that prints an UDP message on the port
that you are either hard-coded to listen to or maybe have a configuration
file for. In turn, have your listening webapp print any messages it
captures. Then looking at the file (stdout or catalina.out) where you
printed the message...you should have a good feel for where you stand.

Cheers,
- Pulkit

On 12/26/05, kjr_23 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm developing an application that will monitor a port on Tomcat 5.5.x and
> receive udp datagrams.  I've got the class coded, but not sure if I've
> done
> it correctly.  I created a class with a main() method that runs the code
> to
> read from whatever port I specify.  Do I need to configure Tomcat to open
> this port or listen on the port?  Should I inherit my server class from
> thread, so it can be multithreaded?  How do I know my application is
> running?  I usually just develop classes/applications that are initiated
> by
> JSP pages.
>
> Thanks,
> K
>
>
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RE: UDP Server app

2005-12-26 Thread kjr_23
Pulkit,
 This will be a brand new application.  We will be tracking a fleet of about
300 - 400 vehicles with modems in them which send out udp data.  We will
configure them to send to a port of our choosing.  I am planning to host a
java app on Tomcat to read this data, parse it and write to a database.  It
sounds like your question 3 below is correct.  I just want to get it
working, and my app happens to be deployed on Tomcat.  I guess I can monitor
the port without Tomcat needing to be configured differently.  That being
said, do you think my app with the main() method is the way to go, or should
I extend thread and make it threaded with a run() method?  Anyone see any
design flaws or opportunity for improvement?  As I said, most of my
experience thus far has been writing web applications that are called from
JSP's, so this is all new to me.

Thanks,
K

-Original Message-
From: Pulkit Singhal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 2:27 PM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: Re: UDP Server app


Hi,

A few questions to help clarify what you want:

1) Is this UDP port actually being used by your instance of Tomcat for
implementing some functionality and you simply want to listen on the port
without interfering with the actions that take place? (kind of like a wire
tap)
--> If you are indeed trying to "monitor a port on Tomcat" then I take it
that Tomcat already makes use of that port of somehow. In which case, you
should really have no need to open anything or configure Tomcat in any way,
shape or form.

2) Are you looking to add-to Tomcat's present functionality on this UDP port
or extend it with
your code?
--> I lack ideas on this one.

3) This really has nothing to do with Tomcat in the sense that you just want
to listen on a UDP port and your app just happens to be deployed on Tomcat
and you just want the damned thing to work?
--> I think that if its simply an app that you deployed on Tomcat that will
listen on any given UDP port then Tomcat has no business constraining you.
But ofcourse this can be confirmed :)

If it was me...here's how I would go about confirming:
a) I think that since main() is a static method, it should run automagically
when you deploy your app into webapps and start tomcat.
b) You can confirm this by writing a fake webapp (real quick) where the main
method contains print_out statements to your catalina.log
c) If you see these log statements in catalina.log or wherever else you
tried to output them to then your code in main() should have run.
d) Now, put similar print statements in your real webapp's main() method
inside the try and catch block so that you know if you are listening or
failing.
e) You can also write a test class that prints an UDP message on the port
that you are either hard-coded to listen to or maybe have a configuration
file for. In turn, have your listening webapp print any messages it
captures. Then looking at the file (stdout or catalina.out) where you
printed the message...you should have a good feel for where you stand.

Cheers,
- Pulkit

On 12/26/05, kjr_23 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm developing an application that will monitor a port on Tomcat 5.5.x and
> receive udp datagrams.  I've got the class coded, but not sure if I've
> done
> it correctly.  I created a class with a main() method that runs the code
> to
> read from whatever port I specify.  Do I need to configure Tomcat to open
> this port or listen on the port?  Should I inherit my server class from
> thread, so it can be multithreaded?  How do I know my application is
> running?  I usually just develop classes/applications that are initiated
> by
> JSP pages.
>
> Thanks,
> K
>
>
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Re: UDP Server app

2005-12-26 Thread Pulkit Singhal
Hello,

First off: what you are attempting to do sounds really exciting.

Secondly...a few coments:

1) "I guess I can monitor the port without Tomcat needing to be configured
differently."
- In my experience, such statements can hurt you, don't guess...be sure. You
should (if you haven't already) try out the suggestions I gave you earlier
under option # (3) about "how to make sure that the app is up and running."
- What I said under (3) are just my thoughts and beliefs and I might be
wrong in which case you can post back saying: "Hey, wtf? U lied! This don't
work!" And in turn get a response from someone saying "well here's how you
configure Tomcat for it"
- Oh by the way...do let us know if it actually does work :)

2) I think you can start a loop in your main() that sits tight and listens
OR some other kind of observer that can be awoken once a message comes in!
However you choose to do this, you can then have worker threads spawned off
that go about doing whatever processing is required on/by the messages that
came in. That way you might be able to crunch a lot more. This is just what
I think, I am sure that if you wait a while you'll get a lot more/brighter
suggestions.

Cheers,
- Pulkit

On 12/26/05, kjr_23 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Pulkit,
> This will be a brand new application.  We will be tracking a fleet of
> about
> 300 - 400 vehicles with modems in them which send out udp data.  We will
> configure them to send to a port of our choosing.  I am planning to host a
> java app on Tomcat to read this data, parse it and write to a
> database.  It
> sounds like your question 3 below is correct.  I just want to get it
> working, and my app happens to be deployed on Tomcat.  I guess I can
> monitor
> the port without Tomcat needing to be configured differently.  That being
> said, do you think my app with the main() method is the way to go, or
> should
> I extend thread and make it threaded with a run() method?  Anyone see any
> design flaws or opportunity for improvement?  As I said, most of my
> experience thus far has been writing web applications that are called from
> JSP's, so this is all new to me.
>
> Thanks,
> K
>
> -Original Message-----
> From: Pulkit Singhal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 2:27 PM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: Re: UDP Server app
>
>
> Hi,
>
> A few questions to help clarify what you want:
>
> 1) Is this UDP port actually being used by your instance of Tomcat for
> implementing some functionality and you simply want to listen on the port
> without interfering with the actions that take place? (kind of like a wire
> tap)
> --> If you are indeed trying to "monitor a port on Tomcat" then I take it
> that Tomcat already makes use of that port of somehow. In which case, you
> should really have no need to open anything or configure Tomcat in any
> way,
> shape or form.
>
> 2) Are you looking to add-to Tomcat's present functionality on this UDP
> port
> or extend it with
> your code?
> --> I lack ideas on this one.
>
> 3) This really has nothing to do with Tomcat in the sense that you just
> want
> to listen on a UDP port and your app just happens to be deployed on Tomcat
> and you just want the damned thing to work?
> --> I think that if its simply an app that you deployed on Tomcat that
> will
> listen on any given UDP port then Tomcat has no business constraining you.
> But ofcourse this can be confirmed :)
>
> If it was me...here's how I would go about confirming:
> a) I think that since main() is a static method, it should run
> automagically
> when you deploy your app into webapps and start tomcat.
> b) You can confirm this by writing a fake webapp (real quick) where the
> main
> method contains print_out statements to your catalina.log
> c) If you see these log statements in catalina.log or wherever else you
> tried to output them to then your code in main() should have run.
> d) Now, put similar print statements in your real webapp's main() method
> inside the try and catch block so that you know if you are listening or
> failing.
> e) You can also write a test class that prints an UDP message on the port
> that you are either hard-coded to listen to or maybe have a configuration
> file for. In turn, have your listening webapp print any messages it
> captures. Then looking at the file (stdout or catalina.out) where you
> printed the message...you should have a good feel for where you stand.
>
> Cheers,
> - Pulkit
>
> On 12/26/05, kjr_23 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I'm developing an application that will monitor a port on Tomcat 5.5.xand
> > receive ud

RE: UDP Server app

2005-12-27 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: kjr_23 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Subject: RE: UDP Server app
> 
> This will be a brand new application.  We will be tracking a 
> fleet of about 300 - 400 vehicles with modems in them which
> send out udp data.  We will configure them to send to a port
> of our choosing.  I am planning to host a java app on Tomcat
> to read this data, parse it and write to a database.

Is there a web interface for this app?  If not, why are you trying to
run it under Tomcat?  From just the description above, it seems better
suited as a standalone app - there's nothing you've described that would
utilize the services Tomcat provides.

 - Chuck


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RE: UDP Server app

2005-12-27 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Pulkit Singhal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Subject: Re: UDP Server app
> 
> a) I think that since main() is a static method, it should 
> run automagically when you deploy your app into webapps and
> start tomcat.

At best, that's wishful thinking.  Tomcat is not the same as java.exe
(or the UNIX/Linux equivalent), and that's the only thing that calls
main() automatically.  Please read the Servlet spec.  (Providing a
static public main() API is sometimes useful as a means of testing a
simple webapp outside of Tomcat.)

In any event, there are standard APIs called at webapp initialization
that can be used for this (again, read the spec), but that presumes that
this application benefits in some way from being run under Tomcat.  No
evidence has been presented so far in this thread that such is the case.

 - Chuck


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RE: UDP Server app

2005-12-27 Thread KJ R
Charles,
 The main reason to run under Tomcat for me would be
when I update the database, I'd like to use a JNDI
connection pool for my dataaccess class.  I'm also
much more familiar with Tomcat than a standalone java
app, although I'm not committed to using it.  Being
able to port it over to another servlet container
would be helpful also.  Most of our clients will have
Sybase's EA Server.  I've changed my UDPServer class
to implement start() stop() and run() methods.  I'd
like to have it be a service that starts when Tomcat
does, but if not, I can access via a webpage and
start/stop it.

Thanks,
Kevin

--- "Caldarale, Charles R"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > From: Pulkit Singhal
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > Subject: Re: UDP Server app
> > 
> > a) I think that since main() is a static method,
> it should 
> > run automagically when you deploy your app into
> webapps and
> > start tomcat.
> 
> At best, that's wishful thinking.  Tomcat is not the
> same as java.exe
> (or the UNIX/Linux equivalent), and that's the only
> thing that calls
> main() automatically.  Please read the Servlet spec.
>  (Providing a
> static public main() API is sometimes useful as a
> means of testing a
> simple webapp outside of Tomcat.)
> 
> In any event, there are standard APIs called at
> webapp initialization
> that can be used for this (again, read the spec),
> but that presumes that
> this application benefits in some way from being run
> under Tomcat.  No
> evidence has been presented so far in this thread
> that such is the case.
> 
>  - Chuck
> 
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RE: UDP Server app

2005-12-27 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: KJ R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Subject: RE: UDP Server app
> 
>  The main reason to run under Tomcat for me would be
> when I update the database, I'd like to use a JNDI
> connection pool for my dataaccess class.

JNDI is not a feature of Tomcat, it's a capability of the Java execution
environment.  Tomcat merely allows you to configure JNDI entries
non-programmatically.  You can accomplish the same thing more simply in
a standalone app with command line parameters.

You're still subverting the purpose of Tomcat:  it's intended to handle
web applications using HTTP in a request/response mode.  Your app isn't
anything like that - you have no need of a Servlet container or any
other form of J2EE app server.

 - Chuck


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RE: UDP Server app

2005-12-27 Thread KJ R
Yes I know JNDI itself is not a Tomcat feature, but
their CONNECTION POOL implementation IS a feature I'm
interested in.  I'm not planning on writing my own
connection pool, I like the way they've done it, as
well as their price!  Tomcat also offers advantages in
ease of debugging, error handling,  and integration
with my development environment - Eclipse.  Also as
I've stated I'm much more familiar with Tomcat then
standalone java apps, so sometimes you go with what
you know.

That being said, I was able to create a webpage to
initiate the start() method on my class.  It looks
like it's probably working because when I tried to use
my "udp_client" web app to test it, got a message
saying the port was already in use and could not bind,
so I'm getting close.  Any other suggestions?

--- "Caldarale, Charles R"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > From: KJ R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > Subject: RE: UDP Server app
> > 
> >  The main reason to run under Tomcat for me would
> be
> > when I update the database, I'd like to use a JNDI
> > connection pool for my dataaccess class.
> 
> JNDI is not a feature of Tomcat, it's a capability
> of the Java execution
> environment.  Tomcat merely allows you to configure
> JNDI entries
> non-programmatically.  You can accomplish the same
> thing more simply in
> a standalone app with command line parameters.
> 
> You're still subverting the purpose of Tomcat:  it's
> intended to handle
> web applications using HTTP in a request/response
> mode.  Your app isn't
> anything like that - you have no need of a Servlet
> container or any
> other form of J2EE app server.
> 
>  - Chuck
> 
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RE: UDP Server app

2005-12-27 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: KJ R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Subject: RE: UDP Server app
> 
> Yes I know JNDI itself is not a Tomcat feature, but
> their CONNECTION POOL implementation IS a feature I'm
> interested in.

Take a look at the DBCP package from Jakarta Commons - it's what Tomcat
uses:
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/dbcp/

Same price as Tomcat.  The Commons Logging package will help in your
debugging.

> It looks like it's probably working because when I tried 
> to use my "udp_client" web app to test it, got a message
> saying the port was already in use and could not bind,

Do a netstat -a to see if the port is in use.  Platform-specific options
on netstat can help you find out which process already has it if that's
the case.

 - Chuck


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Re: UDP Server app

2005-12-27 Thread Martin Gainty
Agreed..
To confirm that you are already connected to the specified ports I would 
encourage you to take a look at 
netstat -a which will display all used ports in which case you can then grep 
for the port to ascertain its 'in use' status

To extend on that concept..Take for instance SunOne which is a J2EE App Server 
available from Sun 
(documentation which is available at 
http://docs-pdf.sun.com/819-1398/819-1398.pdf)
and note that Sun One AppServer allows the specification of Port Range..so that 
if one port is used Sun One auto-fails over to the next port
for that particular subsystem
Also BEA supports Port Range scenario for the same reason
You can write your own.. but if the AppServer you are using already supports 
Port Range why bother?
Anyone else ?
M

- Original Message - 
From: "KJ R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tomcat Users List" 
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 5:22 PM
Subject: RE: UDP Server app


> Yes I know JNDI itself is not a Tomcat feature, but
> their CONNECTION POOL implementation IS a feature I'm
> interested in.  I'm not planning on writing my own
> connection pool, I like the way they've done it, as
> well as their price!  Tomcat also offers advantages in
> ease of debugging, error handling,  and integration
> with my development environment - Eclipse.  Also as
> I've stated I'm much more familiar with Tomcat then
> standalone java apps, so sometimes you go with what
> you know.
> 
> That being said, I was able to create a webpage to
> initiate the start() method on my class.  It looks
> like it's probably working because when I tried to use
> my "udp_client" web app to test it, got a message
> saying the port was already in use and could not bind,
> so I'm getting close.  Any other suggestions?
> 
> --- "Caldarale, Charles R"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> > From: KJ R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>> > Subject: RE: UDP Server app
>> > 
>> >  The main reason to run under Tomcat for me would
>> be
>> > when I update the database, I'd like to use a JNDI
>> > connection pool for my dataaccess class.
>> 
>> JNDI is not a feature of Tomcat, it's a capability
>> of the Java execution
>> environment.  Tomcat merely allows you to configure
>> JNDI entries
>> non-programmatically.  You can accomplish the same
>> thing more simply in
>> a standalone app with command line parameters.
>> 
>> You're still subverting the purpose of Tomcat:  it's
>> intended to handle
>> web applications using HTTP in a request/response
>> mode.  Your app isn't
>> anything like that - you have no need of a Servlet
>> container or any
>> other form of J2EE app server.
>> 
>>  - Chuck
>> 
>> 
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Re: UDP Server app

2005-12-28 Thread KJ R
Martin and others,
Thanks for the help.  When I was running both the
server and client off my local machine, I was getting
a socketexception on the client - "Address already in
use: Cannot bind" which makes sense, since they were
both trying to bind to the same port.  Once I deployed
my UDPServer to a different machine, I was able send
udp datagrams successfully and process them on the
server running in Tomcat.  Now I just need to figure
out how to stop the component and close the socket.  I
have a while loop depending on a boolean which I'm
changing, but when it's blocking on the
datagramsocket.receive() it won't drop out of the
loop.  I probably need to start a thread and just end
the thread.

K

--- Martin Gainty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Agreed..
> To confirm that you are already connected to the
> specified ports I would encourage you to take a look
> at 
> netstat -a which will display all used ports in
> which case you can then grep for the port to
> ascertain its 'in use' status
> 
> To extend on that concept..Take for instance SunOne
> which is a J2EE App Server available from Sun 
> (documentation which is available at
> http://docs-pdf.sun.com/819-1398/819-1398.pdf)
> and note that Sun One AppServer allows the
> specification of Port Range..so that if one port is
> used Sun One auto-fails over to the next port
> for that particular subsystem
> Also BEA supports Port Range scenario for the same
> reason
> You can write your own.. but if the AppServer you
> are using already supports Port Range why bother?
> Anyone else ?
> M
> 
> - Original Message - 
> From: "KJ R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Tomcat Users List" 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 5:22 PM
> Subject: RE: UDP Server app
> 
> 
> > Yes I know JNDI itself is not a Tomcat feature,
> but
> > their CONNECTION POOL implementation IS a feature
> I'm
> > interested in.  I'm not planning on writing my own
> > connection pool, I like the way they've done it,
> as
> > well as their price!  Tomcat also offers
> advantages in
> > ease of debugging, error handling,  and
> integration
> > with my development environment - Eclipse.  Also
> as
> > I've stated I'm much more familiar with Tomcat
> then
> > standalone java apps, so sometimes you go with
> what
> > you know.
> > 
> > That being said, I was able to create a webpage to
> > initiate the start() method on my class.  It looks
> > like it's probably working because when I tried to
> use
> > my "udp_client" web app to test it, got a message
> > saying the port was already in use and could not
> bind,
> > so I'm getting close.  Any other suggestions?
> > 
> > --- "Caldarale, Charles R"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> >> > From: KJ R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> >> > Subject: RE: UDP Server app
> >> > 
> >> >  The main reason to run under Tomcat for me
> would
> >> be
> >> > when I update the database, I'd like to use a
> JNDI
> >> > connection pool for my dataaccess class.
> >> 
> >> JNDI is not a feature of Tomcat, it's a
> capability
> >> of the Java execution
> >> environment.  Tomcat merely allows you to
> configure
> >> JNDI entries
> >> non-programmatically.  You can accomplish the
> same
> >> thing more simply in
> >> a standalone app with command line parameters.
> >> 
> >> You're still subverting the purpose of Tomcat: 
> it's
> >> intended to handle
> >> web applications using HTTP in a request/response
> >> mode.  Your app isn't
> >> anything like that - you have no need of a
> Servlet
> >> container or any
> >> other form of J2EE app server.
> >> 
> >>  - Chuck
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Re: UDP Server app

2005-12-28 Thread Martin Gainty
Good Morning K and Chuck

I would suggest that when you call your Thread wait method you specify a wait 
period so your threads wont wait forever and possibly lock the process from 
responding e.g.
wait(long timeout): waits for notification or until the timeout period has 
elapsed; timeout is measured in milliseconds
check out
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/threads/waitAndNotify.html
Anyone else?

Martin-

- Original Message - 
From: "KJ R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tomcat Users List" 
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: UDP Server app


> Martin and others,
> Thanks for the help.  When I was running both the
> server and client off my local machine, I was getting
> a socketexception on the client - "Address already in
> use: Cannot bind" which makes sense, since they were
> both trying to bind to the same port.  Once I deployed
> my UDPServer to a different machine, I was able send
> udp datagrams successfully and process them on the
> server running in Tomcat.  Now I just need to figure
> out how to stop the component and close the socket.  I
> have a while loop depending on a boolean which I'm
> changing, but when it's blocking on the
> datagramsocket.receive() it won't drop out of the
> loop.  I probably need to start a thread and just end
> the thread.
> 
> K
> 
> --- Martin Gainty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> Agreed..
>> To confirm that you are already connected to the
>> specified ports I would encourage you to take a look
>> at 
>> netstat -a which will display all used ports in
>> which case you can then grep for the port to
>> ascertain its 'in use' status
>> 
>> To extend on that concept..Take for instance SunOne
>> which is a J2EE App Server available from Sun 
>> (documentation which is available at
>> http://docs-pdf.sun.com/819-1398/819-1398.pdf)
>> and note that Sun One AppServer allows the
>> specification of Port Range..so that if one port is
>> used Sun One auto-fails over to the next port
>> for that particular subsystem
>> Also BEA supports Port Range scenario for the same
>> reason
>> You can write your own.. but if the AppServer you
>> are using already supports Port Range why bother?
>> Anyone else ?
>> M
>> 
>> - Original Message - 
>> From: "KJ R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "Tomcat Users List" 
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 5:22 PM
>> Subject: RE: UDP Server app
>> 
>> 
>> > Yes I know JNDI itself is not a Tomcat feature,
>> but
>> > their CONNECTION POOL implementation IS a feature
>> I'm
>> > interested in.  I'm not planning on writing my own
>> > connection pool, I like the way they've done it,
>> as
>> > well as their price!  Tomcat also offers
>> advantages in
>> > ease of debugging, error handling,  and
>> integration
>> > with my development environment - Eclipse.  Also
>> as
>> > I've stated I'm much more familiar with Tomcat
>> then
>> > standalone java apps, so sometimes you go with
>> what
>> > you know.
>> > 
>> > That being said, I was able to create a webpage to
>> > initiate the start() method on my class.  It looks
>> > like it's probably working because when I tried to
>> use
>> > my "udp_client" web app to test it, got a message
>> > saying the port was already in use and could not
>> bind,
>> > so I'm getting close.  Any other suggestions?
>> > 
>> > --- "Caldarale, Charles R"
>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > 
>> >> > From: KJ R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>> >> > Subject: RE: UDP Server app
>> >> > 
>> >> >  The main reason to run under Tomcat for me
>> would
>> >> be
>> >> > when I update the database, I'd like to use a
>> JNDI
>> >> > connection pool for my dataaccess class.
>> >> 
>> >> JNDI is not a feature of Tomcat, it's a
>> capability
>> >> of the Java execution
>> >> environment.  Tomcat merely allows you to
>> configure
>> >> JNDI entries
>> >> non-programmatically.  You can accomplish the
>> same
>> >> thing more simply in
>> >> a standalone app with command line parameters.
>> >> 
>> >> You're still subverting the purpose of Tomcat: 
>> it's
>> >> intended to handle

Re: UDP Server app

2005-12-29 Thread Luis Correia
Hi,

I don't have much experience with Apache/Tomcat servers. I have to perform
some kind of security audit to these servers...
What and where to begin ?
What should I look for ?
For the Apache server I supposed I should look in the httpd.conf e .htaccess
files ? What to look for ?

Thanks in advanced !

Best Regards