> From: lightbulb432 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Specify context path when context.xml is in META-INF > > Based on what I've read, I've learned that the least ideal > approach is to place the context information in server.xml.
Correct; doing so requires a Tomcat restart to change anything, and goes against the servlet spec premise of webapps being self-contained. > What are the tradeoffs (apart from the path naming issue) > of placing context.xml in META-INF versus as > conf/Catalina/[host]/[appname].xml? If the webapp requires no customization for each deployment, then keeping the <Context> element in META-INF/context.xml has the distinct advantage of having only one entity (the .war file) to deal with. However, if customization is required, then distributing the <Context> element separately for placement in conf/Catalina/[host]/[appname].xml makes it easier on the sysadmin. The latter approach avoids having to take the .war file apart manually, update the <Context>, and put it back together. - 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]
