RE: RE: context.xml

[Warren Pace <wa...@bellsouth.net>]

> 
> From: "Klotz Jr, Dennis" <DK...@empirix.com>
> Date: 2006/01/31 Tue AM 08:01:01 EST
> To: "Tomcat Users List" <us...@tomcat.apache.org>
> Subject: RE: RE: context.xml
> 
> Thanks again Warren. 
> 
> I guess I must be approaching this from the wrong perspective of what
> the designers originally intended.
> 
> I am hoping to find a place for a context.xml to live where it will
> never get deleted. That a customer can change and when we give them a
> new war file, the context.xml changes that they have made will stick
> around.
> 
> Is there a way to do this that you know of?
> 
Dennis,
Short of defining the context in server.xml, there's nothing I can think of.  I believe it's still OK to do this in Tomcat 5.0.  I believe it works in 5.5 but is frowned upon. I have a feeling this won't be an option in future releases.
Warren

> -Dennis
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Warren Pace [mailto:wapace@bellsouth.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 5:19 AM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: Re: RE: context.xml
> 
> 
> > 
> > From: "Klotz Jr, Dennis" <DK...@empirix.com>
> > Date: 2006/01/30 Mon PM 08:28:10 EST
> > To: "Tomcat Users List" <us...@tomcat.apache.org>
> > Subject: RE: context.xml
> > 
> > Thanks Warren for the reply.
> > 
> > Wouldn't that version of the file be deleted when I undeploy?
> > 
> If you're using the manager app to "un-deploy" the entire folder gets
> deleted.  But if you're packaging your app as a .war file, then you
> always have that copy.
> > -Dennis
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Warren Pace [mailto:wapace@bellsouth.net] 
> > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:41 PM
> > To: Tomcat Users List
> > Subject: Re: context.xml
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > From: "Klotz Jr, Dennis" <DK...@empirix.com>
> > > Date: 2006/01/30 Mon PM 07:00:03 EST
> > > To: "Tomcat Users List" <us...@tomcat.apache.org>
> > > Subject: context.xml
> > > 
> > > I thought the name of the xml file located in :
> > > 
> > > $CATALINA_HOME/conf/[enginename]/[hostname]/
> > > 
> > > had to match the name of your webapp directory. 
> > > 
> > > I just read some documentation for 5.5.9 that says otherwise. It
> > > mentions that under certain conditions it will be created for you.
> But
> > I
> > > would like to have a persistent xml file that will not be deleted
> when
> > I
> > > un-deploy the app.
> > > 
> > 
> > save your context file as:
> > webapp_name/META-INF/context.xml
> > 
> > > Can someone please tell me which is correct?
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > -Dennis
> > > 
> > > 
> 
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