Max number of contexts

[Diego Rodriguez]

Hi,
   I'm using Tomcat 5.5.20. In the docs says "You may define as many 
*Context* elements as you wish"

   I'm going to design a new web application that will act as a kernel 
for other lightweight webapps that will implement different services and 
may be hot installed at any time. My plan is implement these services 
(lightweight webapps) as contexts that will register in the kernel using 
a ContextListener. What I would like to know is if there is any real 
maximum or a performance penalty if I reach some limit. Is there anybody 
who has implemented an architecture like this?

   Thanks in advance

      Diego