This is the solution I ended up using--but shouldn't setting <host autoDeploy="false"> keep Tomcat from creating a context for web-apps in the AppBase?
Is this a bug in 4.1.7 that autoDeploy="false" seems not to effect this behavior? Thanks, Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rui Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 2:12 AM Subject: RE: Servlet's loading twice on start-up--DRIVING ME NUTS! > I got this problem this is the solution that someone told me. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cox, Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: 'Tomcat Users List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 3:18 PM > Subject: RE: Servlet Instances > > > > any webapp whose physical location is a subdirecty of the 'appBase' > setting > > in your server.xml(default is 'webapps') will be loaded as a context > > automatically by tomcat. > > > > take this example: > > you have a context defined in /tomcat/webapps/aaa > > > > the default 'appbase' is webapps. So aaa would automatically be loaded by > > tomcat even if you didn't define a <context> for it in server.xml. > > this way you can access it as www.myhost.com/aaa > > > > now if you defined a <context> such that www.myhost.com/bbb is using the > > context aaa, then you now have two ways to access your context, each > loaded > > separately. > > > > to disable the automatic loading, change your appbase to an empty > > directory(i.e. "/tomcat/webapps/dummy") > > > > Charlie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Peter Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 4:38 AM > Subject: Re: Servlet's loading twice on start-up--DRIVING ME NUTS! > > > > > > > > I actually wrote a short document describing this docroot configuration > problem and submitted it to tomcat-dev, but it didn't get any response from > the developers. unfortunately, they are all very busy. I'm willing to > revise the initial draft I wrote to include this kind of information if one > of the developers is willing to sign off/speak up for it. > > > > peter lin > > > > Jeff Wishnie wrote:I have a very simple Tomcat install with one > application. The web.xml for > > the applicaiton loads two servlets on start-up. > > > > According to my logs both servlets have their init() methods called > _twice_. > > > > I've looked through the list archives and gone through the mentionned > causes > > of this problem and, assuming I understand the issues, have ruled them > out. > > > > 1. The servlets are _not_ throwing exceptions > > > > 2. I have only _one_ context defined in server.xml and it is _not_ the > > default context. > > > > I'm going nuts here and would be very grateful for any help folks on the > > list can provide. > > > > Here are the details of my set-up: > > > > Tomcat: 4.1.7-LE > > JDK: 1.4.0_01 > > OS: Redhat 7.2 > > > > Tomcat layout: > > > > One web application in: $TOMCAT_HOME/ROOT/MyApp > > > > Here are revelant sections from $TOMCAT_HOME/conf/server.xml: > > > > autoDeploy="false"> > > directory="logs" prefix="localhost_log." suffix=".txt" > > timestamp="true"/> > > reloadable="false" /> > > > > > > [note that "autoDeploy" and "reloadable" are false and that the Context > > path="/", _not_ ""] > > > > Here are relevent sections from $TOMCAT_HOME/ROOT/MyApp/WEB-INF/web,xml: > > > > > > initServlet > > com.foo.InitServlet > > 10 > > > > > > > > serviceInit > > com.foo.ServiceInitServlet > > > > > > endpoint > > > > > > http://foo.com/service/bar?wsdl > > > > > > 20 > > > > > > Why is Init getting called TWICE for each servlet?? > > > > Help! > > > > Thanks! > > > > - Jeff > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! - We Remember > > 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost > > > -- > 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]>
