Thanks but no... just a reoccuring urge I get to expose more of tomcats
inherent functionality... but then it could be as Christopher Schultz
mentioned because I'm still on 5.5.23... and Tomcat 6 now exposes the inner
libs.
Its just stuff like, you need to hash something and MD5 is in tomcat
already, but you got to find another lib... MD5 is probably never going to
change.
I'm thinking there could be utilities like this.... conceptual..
import Tomcat.XML2Bean.*
XML2Bean xb = new XML2Bean(xmlFile);
String param = xb.getParameter("MyParameterInMyXMLFile");
etc etc..... what I call the missing "inner gold mine".
I'm not suggesting that one can get at the same instance of a library that
tomcat is actually running on.... just exposing the functionality that
tomcat works on.
If Tomcat parses and can check XML files... the user gets used of that
architecture and wants to use it on any xml file.
Thing is.... I tend to agree with Christopher Schultz... one of the
refreshing things about Tomcat as a container is its simplicity... one
doesnt go... Spring is nice but I only got one life time... the learning
curve is reasonable... but maybe exposing a high leverage technology that
tomcat uses anyway... as a utility... would make it more attractive. Things
like URLEncoding, Hashing, Base64 XML2Beans etc etc.
That stuff consumes an enormous amount of a new users time, learning about,
searching for and finally implementing something thats actually there
already.
Anyway I'm ambivalent on this.... no strong feeling... just an urge I get
everytime I'm doing something that I know tomcat must has in its gut....
like tomcat,
I know you got an 8 cylinder engine... but i can only see 6 cylinders
running... feeling.
Maybe I'm starting cross over from a user to having much more of an interest
in tomcats internals, maybe coz I use tomcat for far more than it was ever
designed for... and maybe its that I can percieve a threat... someone is
going to take tomcat and make "tomcat advanced"... but then thats how I
think half these other frameworks where born anyway.... anyway dont worry
about it... just a feeling I have... probably getting paternal about my
favorite technology... ha ha.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Gainty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: Tomcat Inner Gold Mine
Good Morning-
I *think* what you're speaking of is a comprehensive Adaptive Security
Algorithm solution.
A HW/DW solution from Cisco (Pix) is illustrated here
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/iaabu/pix/pix_61/config/overvw.htm
More specifically RIPv2 implementations with coverage of text MD5 auth and
keyed MD5 auth
Is this the scenario you envision implementing?
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