Ajay,
I have tried to use Struts with Tomcat 4.0 beta 6 and still have some
configuration problems. I guess the stuff needs to be configured differently
under Catalina. If you have success with it please let me know.
thanks,
Nicky
Ajay Chitre wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been "playing" with struts for the past couple of months and I have
> had fun playing with it. Time has come now to stop playing and get serious.
>
> I have been asked to develop a web app with Struts & Tomcat. I have been
> using Weblogic for the past couple of years, but this is my first experience
> with Tomcat, so I need some help to take some decisions. (I realize that
> this email should really be sent to the Tomcat mailing list, but I believe
> there's enough expertise in this mailing list to get these questions
> answered!)
>
> After reading thru the Struts mailing list I have concluded the following.
> Can someone please tell me if I am on the right track?
>
> 1) From one of Craig's emails it sounds like I should be using Tomcat 4.0,
> not 3.2. Is that right? But Tomcat 4.0 is a beta release. Is it reliable?
>
> 2) Doesn't look like Tomcat 4.0 supports EJB. Does it?
>
> 3) If EJB is not available I can use JDBC - no problem - but doesn't look
> like I can create database connection pool in Tomcat.
>
> 4) From one of Ted's emails I think I should use Poolman to create database
> connection pool in Tomcat 4.0. Right?
>
> 5) What's equivalent of Weblogic Time APIs? Tomcat workers, right?
>
> 6) Can I set up Tomcat to send emails using Java Mail APIs? In Weblogic
> one has to make sure that mail.jar & activation.jar is in Weblogic
> Classpath. Is there any special requirement such as this in Tomcat?
>
> 7) Does Tomcat support JMS?
>
> 8) Which one is better - Log4J or LogKit (which is part of Avalon project
> from Jakarta)?
>
> 9) What's the difference between 'Struts' & 'Turbine' (which is another
> Jakarta project)? Pros & Cons?
>
> I apologize for the length of this email. Thanks in advance for your time.
>
> - Ajay
