How to control the order Valves are invoked?

[Sandy McArthur <Sa...@McArthur.org>]

I have a custom Valve I specify in a Context element of the server.xml 
which I'd like to be invoked after the AuthenticatorBase in the chain 
of Valves so that I can use:

((HttpServletRequest) request.getRequest()).getRemoteUser()

and possibly get a meaningful value.

Is there any hope of controlling the Valve order or must I find another 
way to do what I want?

-- 
Sandy McArthur

"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

Re: How to control the order Valves are invoked?

[Bill Barker <wb...@wilshire.com>]

By default, the Authenticator is added after any custom Valves.  However, if
you add the Authenticator yourself, you can control the order:
   <Context path="..." docBase="...">
      <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.authenticator.FormAuthenticator"
/>
      <Valve className="org.mcarthur.my.package.MyValve" />
      ...
  </Context>

"Sandy McArthur" <Sa...@McArthur.org> wrote in message
news:429E9960-FD5E-11D8-AA40-000A95A09BC6@McArthur.org...
> I have a custom Valve I specify in a Context element of the server.xml
> which I'd like to be invoked after the AuthenticatorBase in the chain
> of Valves so that I can use:
>
> ((HttpServletRequest) request.getRequest()).getRemoteUser()
>
> and possibly get a meaningful value.
>
> Is there any hope of controlling the Valve order or must I find another
> way to do what I want?
>
> -- 
> Sandy McArthur
>
> "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine




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