Re: Vetoing the start of a webapp

2011-03-03 Thread Olivier Lefevre
NB: Sorry if this a double posting but for some reason it didn't get through the first time. On 3/1/2011 7:52 PM, Caldarale, Charles R wrote: > In the 3.0 spec, it's in section 11.6 (was 10.6 in the 2.5 version). The key statements are: Yes, that's what I was referring to. > Because of the s

RE: Vetoing the start of a webapp

2011-03-01 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Olivier Lefevre [mailto:lefev...@yahoo.com] > Subject: Re: Vetoing the start of a webapp > Sorry, can you give me the actual section: are you > referring to §11.6? In the 3.0 spec, it's in section 11.6 (was 10.6 in the 2.5 version). The key statements are: "The

Re: Vetoing the start of a webapp

2011-03-01 Thread Olivier Lefevre
It's in the servlet spec. Sorry, can you give me the actual section: are you referring to §11.6? -- O.L. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.

RE: Vetoing the start of a webapp

2011-03-01 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Olivier Lefevre [mailto:lefev...@yahoo.com] > Subject: Re: Vetoing the start of a webapp > is this Tomcat-specific or is it spelled out in the > servlet spec somewhere? It's in the servlet spec. > Yes but that does not make ServletContext a stand-in > for weba

Re: Vetoing the start of a webapp

2011-03-01 Thread Olivier Lefevre
On 3/1/2011 3:14 PM, Caldarale, Charles R wrote: Normally, you would put such conditional activation code in a ServletContextListener, and have it throw an exception if things > are not to your liking. Doing so would prevent any further use > of the webapp. OK but I have the same question as to

RE: Vetoing the start of a webapp

2011-03-01 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Olivier Lefevre [mailto:lefev...@yahoo.com] > Subject: Vetoing the start of a webapp > But what if the webapp has several servlets and you > want to abort (or undo) the loading of the whole > collection if any of the members fail to load: is > there already an accepted

Vetoing the start of a webapp

2011-03-01 Thread Olivier Lefevre
This is a follow-up on an earlier thread on killing a servlet at startup. To recap., this is best done by throwing a suitable exception in its init method, as per §2.3.2.1 of the servlet spec. But what if the webapp has several servlets and you want to abort (or undo) the loading of the whole col