On the TC 3 documentation page there is an excellent "tomcat internals" document....but maybe you already saw that? I myself am a big TC 3 user as well, most of my stuff still runs on that.
fillup On 5/26/02 4:11 AM, "jfc100" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Phillip Morelock wrote: > >> I just quickly checked the site and there are also a couple of "tomcat >> internals" articles and the full javadoc for Tomcat 4 is already posted >> there as well. >> >> /f/ >> >> -- >> >> Have you built the Tomcat source javadoc tree? Maybe you don't want to wade >> knee-deep in source...understandable, I guess. But at least build yourself >> the javadoc from the sources and read that stuff. Also see the high-level >> architecture image (or maybe pdf?) on the jakarta site. >> >> fillup >> >> >>>>> Can someone tell me how tomcat stores session objects or at least where >>>>> I could find out this info without looking at the src? >>>>> >>>> without looking at the source? why not? it's Free, and it's the most >>>> authoritative answer you can get. >>>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Maybe I just feel like getting someone else's opinion. Because, where >>> reading the src is excellent excercise, you may not find what the >>> general policies are regarding any particular feature. What you will >>> get is a precise picture of what the product does at that specific point >>> in time(or for that specific version). I am trying to establish the >>> broad policies of a servlet engine implementation - the reference >>> implementation. If one was going to produce a document which introduced >>> the product's features I would expect to find this kind of information >>> in it. So if the servlet spec is a bit vague perhaps the document might >>> mention a few implementation details. Not an all-out volume of commentry >>> - just the general approach taken. >>> >>> Seeing as tomcat has undergone a fair bit of development and has been >>> subjected to some structural changes between recent releases(i.e. 3.x vs >>> 4.0), I thought my first port of call might be to find a long suffering >>> fellow tomcat-user who may have passed on a few helpful hints or his/her >>> take on the big picture (or part thereof, even) - just because he can. >>> >>> Can someone point me to a reference / tech article or discussion? Does >>> anyone know whether or not the way the session management is handled by >>> tomcat has changed in any major way? Are there any caveats to accessing >>> session objects from multiple simultaneous requests? The way this is >>> implementated in the reference implementation (between specs) I would >>> have thought would be documented somewhere other than in the src code. >>> >>> Regards >>> Joe >>> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> > Thanks for that, Phillip. > > I have downloaded the src-dist for both 3 and 4 versions but have not > yet genned the javadoc - I'll do that when I've looked at the catalina > docs. I was hoping there may be docs prior to tc4 (we are currently on > 3.3) but that is a big help nevertheless. I guess its likely I'll find > out soon the extent of the rewrite. > > Cheers > Joe > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
