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Posted to dev@tomcat.apache.org by re...@apache.org on 2003/01/01 16:26:34 UTC
cvs commit: jakarta-tomcat-catalina/webapps/docs jasper-howto.xml
remm 2003/01/01 07:26:34
Modified: webapps/docs jasper-howto.xml
Log:
- Due to continued problems with javac, I think fork should default to true.
Revision Changes Path
1.4 +6 -3 jakarta-tomcat-catalina/webapps/docs/jasper-howto.xml
Index: jasper-howto.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-tomcat-catalina/webapps/docs/jasper-howto.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- jasper-howto.xml 31 Dec 2002 14:48:44 -0000 1.3
+++ jasper-howto.xml 1 Jan 2003 15:26:34 -0000 1.4
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
<li><strong>fork</strong> - Have Ant fork JSP page compiles so they are
performed in a seperate JVM from Tomcat? <code>true</code> or
-<code>false</code>, default <code>false</code>.</li>
+<code>false</code>, default <code>true</code>.</li>
<li><strong>javaEncoding</strong> - Java file encoding to use for generating
java source files. Default <code>UTF8</code>.</li>
@@ -159,10 +159,13 @@
<li><strong>fork</strong> - The internal JVM javac compiler used by Ant
has a known memory leak. And Ant requires that java compiles be synchronized,
i.e. only one JSP page can be compiled at a time. Set fork to
-<code>true</code> so that Ant compiles JSP pages in a seperate JVM.
+<code>true</code> or do not define it (it is the default value) so that Ant
+compiles JSP pages in a seperate JVM.
This removes the synchronization of JSP page compiles and prevents
all the javac classes from being instantiated and subsequently garbage
-collected by the JVM Tomcat is running in.</li>
+collected by the JVM Tomcat is running in. This also works around known
+issues with javac, including memory leaking, as well as JAR file locking
+on Windows.</li>
</ul>
</p>
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