Thanks for the clarification, it makes sense.
Is it according to the spec or just a peculiarity of Tomcat?
Actually, I need just the opposite, is there any way to do this? Meaning
different context paths - one webapp and one class loader...
Thanks,
--V.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: multiple context paths pointing to the same doc base?
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Vladimir Grishchenko wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > May be somebody can give me a quick answer with regards to T3.2.2.
> >
> > I need to have multiple context paths to point to the same doc base,
> > say my server.xml has the following entries:
> >
> > <Context path="/somectx"
> > docBase="d:/foo/bar"
> > debug="0"
> > reloadable="false" >
> > </Context>
> >
> >
> > <Context path="/somectx1"
> > docBase="d:/foo/bar"
> > debug="0"
> > reloadable="false" >
> > </Context>
> >
> > Will the above config cause my webapp classes/servlets to be loaded
> > twice through different classloaders,
>
> Yes.
>
> > or TC is smart enough to realize
> > it's the same webapp?
> >
>
> It is *not* the same webapp.
>
> Every webapp must have a unique context path, and you have just defined
> two different context paths here. The fact that the document base is the
> same is just a coincidence.
>
> > Thanks,
> > --V.
> >
>
> Craig
>
>
>
