> From: Tena Sakai [mailto:tsa...@gallo.ucsf.edu] > Subject: RE: (newbie question) missing classs file? > > I was getting confused by the fact that a class file was in > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/sample/WEB-INF/classes directory
That class file is for the servlet side of the sample app. > and yet my modification was reflected in the output page. Because your modification was to the JSP part, which is independent of the servlet part. > What I understood empirically is that there is no need for > a class file in $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/sample/WEB-INF/classes > directory. True for the JSP part of that sample webapp. > If so, why should the distribution come with it? As previously stated, it's for the servlet part. You should read the servlet spec to get an idea of the structure of a webapp: http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr154/index2.html JSPs are an add-on to the servlet spec, and they're covered by their own spec: http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr245/index.html Since the above are specs, the topics are not included in the Tomcat doc. - 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: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
