Quick Questions/Recommendation v3.1m1

[David Morton <sk...@mindspring.com>]

1. I'm not sure where to put my class files.  The FAQ in v3.1m1 said:
  /examples/WEB-INF/jsp/beans
- however, I had problems with this...I believe the examples dir does not 
have this directory either
- If someone could clarify in faq, or set up clearer example.
- If anyone could point me in the right direction or correct my mistake 
soon..that would be great

Note: Here are sun's docs:
http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/technical.html


2. Recently I was discussing the following with a fellow developer
<%= request.getParameter("aParameter") %>
He mentioned that when the parameter is null his JSP engine does not print 
the String 'null'....it returns "".  Which behavior do you think is best 
for Tomcat?  (I thought his recommendation was cool.)

Here's the current way I do things w/Tomcat:
<%= request.getParameter("aParameter")==null ? 
"":request.getParameter("aParameter") %>


3. Can anyone recommend good JSP design technique 
books/docs/sites/newsgroups.  For example, I have a header that I want to 
be common on all pages, however, it varies slightly on each page (typical 
html highlighting of current page), so I created a function that handles 
these minor differences.  For argument sake, lets say I have a services 
page and a product page.  I have a java class that currently handles this 
that I currently call in JSP by:

<%= Headers.getHeader(Headers.SERVICES_HEADER) %>

what design technique using JSP would be a better solution?


4. I noticed on previous post that the conf files will probably be less 
confusing soon...also, more clarification on the directory structure for 
classes/servlets/beans/jsp for newbies.  I was editing the wrong xml file 
to add a new APPLICATION

5. Logs are a little confusing currently I do the following at boot on linux:
/usr/local/tomcat/startup.sh 2 > /home/dmorton/sites/logs/tomcat-error_log
I forget who told me how to do this.

- On a positive note, I'm using Tomcat 3.0 release on 
http://www.favicon.com...it has been working great.  (the applet talks to 
tomcat)

Thanks
David

[ FORGET...] Re: New settings and change of port

[Luc Saint-Elie <ls...@imaginet.fr>]

Bonjour (Hello) Luc Saint-Elie, vous avez écrit le (you wrote on) 09:43 
03/02/2000 +0100 :
>Hello,
>A little stupid question:
>In the new Tomcat organization of files, where is the setting to set up 
>the port on 80 instead of 8080 ?
>In previous organization, it was in server.xml, in the new settings
><ContextManager port="80" hostName="" inet=""> doesn't lead Tomcat to 
>answer to port 80 instead of 8080

Well its was stupid, for those who are wondering (pleaaase tell me I'm not 
the only dumb around !!) just add

<Connector className="org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpAdapter">
<Parameter name="port" value="80"/> ===> add this line
</Connector>

Re: New settings and change of port

[Lajos Moczar <lm...@galatea.com>]

It's still there and works for me just fine.

What OS and Tomcat version are you using? If you're on UNIX, make sure you
are starting tomcat as root, or you won't be able to bind to port 80.

At 09:43 AM 2/3/00 +0100, Luc Saint-Elie wrote:
>Hello,
>A little stupid question:
>In the new Tomcat organization of files, where is the setting to set up the 
>port on 80 instead of 8080 ?
>In previous organization, it was in server.xml, in the new settings
><ContextManager port="80" hostName="" inet=""> doesn't lead Tomcat to 
>answer to port 80 instead of 8080
>


Lajos Moczar
Galatea IS Inc.
www.galatea.com

Re: New settings and change of port

[co...@eng.sun.com]

> Hello,
> A little stupid question:
> In the new Tomcat organization of files, where is the setting to set up the 
> port on 80 instead of 8080 ?
> In previous organization, it was in server.xml, in the new settings
> <ContextManager port="80" hostName="" inet=""> doesn't lead Tomcat to 
> answer to port 80 instead of 8080

The port is a property of the adapter ( httpAdapter in this case), not
a property of the server ( the server or contextManager might listen on
multiple ports )

Try:

<Connector className="org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpAdapter">
            <Parameter name="port" value="80"/>
</Connector>



Costin

New settings and change of port

[Luc Saint-Elie <ls...@imaginet.fr>]

Hello,
A little stupid question:
In the new Tomcat organization of files, where is the setting to set up the 
port on 80 instead of 8080 ?
In previous organization, it was in server.xml, in the new settings
<ContextManager port="80" hostName="" inet=""> doesn't lead Tomcat to 
answer to port 80 instead of 8080

Thanks in advance
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