i dont want tomcat mails hereafter because im not a member........... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 3:03 PM Subject: Re: Embedded Tomcat
> Thanks for the reply - I've been doing some digging into where the NPE > happens, and while I'm sure it has something to do with my Embedded setup > (it works just fine when I point a full Tomcat at the war file using a > Context file), there are other things I need to look at, which are nothing > to do with Embedding - I'll start another thread on CometProcessor, and > maybe come back to this once I'm sure that comet isn't to blame. > > Thanks, > > Joe. > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Radcliffe, William H. < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Joe wrote: > > > > > I'm not getting any exceptions on startup, and the exact war file that > > I'm > > pointing is found because it's serving HTML > > > and even my servlet just fine. > > > But when I get a ServletContext, it's null. I've got a set of tomcat jars > > in the classpath (catalina, annorations-api, > > > tomcat-coyote, tomcat-juli, servlet-api) > > > > > > I don't know if you are crossing contexts or not, but it doesn't look like > > you setCrossContext(true) on the context you created. Should you? > > > > The API only says the following for setCrossContext(boolean crossContext): > > "Set the "allow crossing servlet contexts" flag." However, the Tomcat > > configuration reference seems to state that all calls to getContext will > > return null unless you set the context's crossContext parameter to true. > > When the parameter is true, the configuration reference specifically states > > that other contexts will have access through the > > ServletContext.getContext() > > method. When it is set to false, the reference no longer mentions other > > contexts, it states that getContext() will always return null. I'm > > assuming > > that the setCrossContext method and crossContext parameter have the same > > effect. > > > > I don't know if any of this applies in your case. > > > > > > > > From http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/api/index.html: > > > > setCrossContext > > public void setCrossContext(boolean crossContext)Set the "allow crossing > > servlet contexts" flag. > > > > Specified by: > > setCrossContext in interface Context > > Parameters: > > crossContext - The new cross contexts flag > > > > > > > > From http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/context.html: > > > > crossContex: Set to true if you want calls within this application to > > ServletContext.getContext() to successfully return a request dispatcher for > > other web applications running on this virtual host. Set to false (the > > default) in security conscious environments, to make getContext() always > > return null. > > > > Bill > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of > > Joe Walker > > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:59 AM > > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > > Subject: Embedded Tomcat > > > > Maybe I missed some docs somewhere, but my embedded Tomcat isn't working > > properly. > > I doing essentially this: > > > > Embedded embedded = new Embedded(); > > > > embedded.setCatalinaBase("."); > > > > Engine engine = embedded.createEngine(); > > > > > > Host host = embedded.createHost("localhost", "."); > > > > engine.addChild(host); > > > > Context context = embedded.createContext("/dwr", "target/ant/web/demo"); > > > > host.addChild(context); > > > > > > embedded.addEngine(engine); > > > > > > Connector connector = embedded.createConnector("localhost", 8080, false); > > > > embedded.addConnector(connector); > > > > embedded.start(); > > > > And my web-app starts OK, however the ServletContext seems to be null, so > > the > > web-app fails. > > > > I'm not getting any exceptions on startup, and the exact war file that I'm > > pointing is found because it's serving HTML and even my servlet just fine. > > But when I get a ServletContext, it's null. I've got a set of tomcat jars > > in > > the classpath (catalina, annorations-api, tomcat-coyote, tomcat-juli, > > servlet-api) > > > > Any clues where to look? > > > > Joe. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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]
