adding webappsDir attribute to ContextManager?

[Scott Haug <sc...@corp.avogadro.com>]

I'm brand new to this list, so forgive me if this has been dealt with
before.  I've searched the archives, and although this has been brought up
before ( http://mikal.org/interests/java/tomcat/archive/view?mesg=1003
<http://mikal.org/interests/java/tomcat/archive/view?mesg=1003> ), I don't
think it has been resolved.
 
I wanted to know the interest in adding an additional attribute to
ContextManager in server.xml to specify a webapps directory, in much the
same way that the work directory can be specified.  This would override the
default directory "${tomcat.home}/webapps" that would otherwise be assumed.
This would help significantly in my project.  I know it to be a feature in
at least one other servlet engines (the "war-dir" element in resin).
 
I am happy to do the work and submit a patch, but I wanted to guage the
receptiveness of the tomcat developer community to such a feature before
putting in the effort.  If no one has significant objections, I'll try to
get this done in the next day or so.  But if there is a better/more
canonical way to do this, I'd be happy to hear it.
 
I am using tomcat 3.2.  I haven't done any research to know if this is a
feature in tomcat 4.0.
 
Many thanks,
 
-Scott

Re: adding webappsDir attribute to ContextManager?

[cm...@yahoo.com]

Hi Scott,

> I wanted to know the interest in adding an additional attribute to
> ContextManager in server.xml to specify a webapps directory, in much the
> same way that the work directory can be specified.  This would override the

For 3.3 - it's already customizable ( you can even specify multiple
directories ). It's not using the ContextManager attribute, but something
similar ( the auto-deploy is part of a module, you can specify the
directory as an attribute and you can include multiple instances )

For 3.2.2 - I don't think it's difficult to make it work, and I know the
plan is to keep it focused on bug fixes.

Costin