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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 29390] New: - Improve location independence by not requiring docBase attribute in context.xml

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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29390

Improve location independence by not requiring docBase attribute in context.xml

           Summary: Improve location independence by not requiring docBase
                    attribute in context.xml
           Product: Tomcat 5
           Version: 5.0.25
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Other
         Component: Catalina
        AssignedTo: tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: petr.jiricka@netbeans.com


Currently, the Context element in context.xml requires the docBase attribute to
be specified. However, the presence of absolute path in context.xml makes
sharing of context.xml with other developers impossible. I suggest the docBase
attribute is made optional in some situations.

Specifically, the following use case is not supported in the current situation:

1. The war file (or expanded war structure) is deployed locally, so it's already
present on the machine where I run Tomcat, before deploying.
2. The war file is not under Tomcat's webapps directory; it resides outside the
server installation
3. context.xml into placed in the archive's META-INF directory, as recommended
by http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.0-doc/appdev/deployment.html
4. I want to share the application sources (including context.xml) with a
colleague who keeps the sources in a different location (or uses a different OS).

In this scenario, I am currently forced to specify absolute path in the docBase
attribute, which makes versioning and sharing of context.xml impossible. I
suggest in the case when context.xml resides under META-INF, docBase should not
be required.

See also issue 27916 for related discussion and for an outline of a solution.

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