> From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] > Subject: Re: Configure read/write-access in TomCat > > Would you gurus mind pointing out where exactly ?
Not sure what you want pointed out. > I am looking at the online documentation of Tomcat 7, at > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/index.html, > and not finding it. What is "it"? > I am also having trouble finding it in the Servlet Specifications v 3.0 > (I mean specifically where it says that the "default" web.xml is being > merged with the application-specific web.xml.) That won't be in the spec - it's a characteristic of Tomcat. Other containers operate differently. > If you refer to the content itself of the conf/web.xml file That's what Pid was talking about. > here is all it has to say : > > This document defines default values for *all* web applications > loaded into this instance of Tomcat. As each application is > deployed, this file is processed, followed by the > "/WEB-INF/web.xml" deployment descriptor from your own > applications. That's the key information. > For example, it does not clearly speak of merging, nor in case > of merge which possibly overlapping or conflicting directive has > precedence (one wopuld presume the webapp, but then presumptions > are sometimes misleading). Yes, the settings in the webapp's WEB-INF/web.xml override those in the global. I can't find any explicit statement to that effect either, but that is how it works. > By the way, according to http://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html, > Tomcat 7 follows the Servlet Spec 3.0. But in most of the online > documentation, it refers only to earlier versions of the specs, > like here : http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/index.html Patches are always welcome. > And as long that I'm at it, following the link "Introduction" > on this last page, one comes to a page where the paragraph > "Terminology" is all but enlightening.. Do you know anyone who actually likes to write documentation? - 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
