> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: default application versus secondary application > > My directory structure is like this: > c:\webapps\ > c:\webapps\ROOT\ > c:\webapps\ROOT\index.html > c:\webapps\secondApp\ > c:\webapps\secondApp\index.html
The above is appropriate for two applications, one the default, and the other having to be specified explicitly. > Now suppose I have the following files > c:\webapps\ROOT\secondApp\ > c:\webapps\ROOT\secondApp\index.html The above is not two applications - it's just one, the default. However, by mixing two webapps together, you've gone against the intent of the servlet spec, which is oriented towards separate independent webapps. > When I enter the above URL, Tomcat still shows the contents of > c:\webapps\secondApp\index.html Then you either still have webapps/secondApp around, or your browser is caching the response and never even sending the request to Tomcat. > (1) What are the reasons to create many applications? If the applications have nothing to do with each other, why would you muddle them together? If they're separate, you can deploy, stop, undeploy, restart, or modify each without impacting any other. When you put them together, they're just one webapp, sharing resources must be managed as a single app. > (2) Will an application with name X hide a folder with name X > in the root/default application? In general, yes. The spec requires matching the longest context path in order to select which webapp to deliver a request to. Be careful with your naming of secondary parts of the default webapp URL to make sure they don't conflict with other deployed webapps. - 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 unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
