In the one month that I have been in this forum, people ask this question in so many different words under so many different subject headings. My own question, the newbie that I am started out with similar questions. Documentation is NOT CLEAR. I hope somebody who has the authority to change the documentation does so.
Another suggestion, Chuck, since you are always responding to any context related qeustion, if you find some time, may be you should mail an FAQ post on this forum on the topic of "contexts and deployments" with example directory layouts. Thanks Lakshmi -----Original Message----- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 6:13 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Context Descriptors > From: lightbulb432 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Context Descriptors > > The following regarding Context Descriptors is in the documentation > for Tomcat 6. I'm wondering why the included contexts such as > /examples, /docs, /host-manager, and ROOT (/) don't have Context > Descriptors generated as described below. Because those apps are simple enough not to need one. > If a Context Descriptor is not provided for a Context, Tomcat > automatically creates one and places it in (1) with a filename of > [webappname].xml The above statement is not true; the doc needs updating. Tomcat creates the internal data structures for the webapp's <Context>, but does not store it in any persistent location. > although if manually created, the filename need not match the web > application name That statement is also not true - the filename must match, unless the <Context> element is in server.xml, in which case there is no filename. [Mark - the above somewhat out-of-date statements are in: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/deployer-howto.html#A%20word%20o n%20Contexts] > Why, under /manager, do I see the following in > /manager/manager.xml: As far as I can tell, that's left-over junk from previous levels; that .xml file used to end up in conf/Catalina/localhost. Regardless, the location cited above isn't used during deployment or running of the app. > And the following in /manager/META-INF/context.xml? Why the presence > of two context descriptors? That's the real one; the first is no longer used. > And finally, why do I see the docBase as > "${catalina.home}/server/webapps/manager" in the previous manager.xml, > when the default Tomcat 6 installation doesn't even have a server > directory? Again, left-over artifacts from previous Tomcat levels. > What confuses me is how it still works even when that directory isn't > there or created. Because that .xml file is completely ignored. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
