Question about naming convention for jar files

[Jacopo Cappellato <ja...@gmail.com>]

I'm completing my tests for the upgrade from Tomcat 5 to Tomcat 6 and,  
in this process I will have to upgrade some of the api jars in the  
base/lib/j2eespecs folder with the new ones bundled with Tomcat 6:

geronimo-servlet_2.4_spec-1.0.jar --> servlet-api.jar (Servlet 2.5 API)
geronimo-jsp_2.0_spec-1.0.jar --> jsp-api.jar (JSP 2.1 API)

Also, we will need to add the following two new jars:

annotations-api.jar (Annotations package)
el-api.jar (EL 2.1 API)

However, I would like to rename the jars so that it is easier to  
understand what their content is (and where they come from).

First option:

tomcat-6-servlet_2.5_spec.jar
tomcat-6-jsp_2.1_spec.jar
tomcat-6-el_2.1_spec.jar
tomcat-6-annotations_??_spec.jar

Second option: without the "tomcat-6" prefix.

Third option: replace "spec" with "api".

Or a combination of the three above.

Please help me in this decision.

Jacopo

Re: Question about naming convention for jar files

[Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>]

From: "David E Jones" <jo...@hotwaxmedia.com>
>> tomcat-6-servlet_2.5_spec.jar
>> tomcat-6-jsp_2.1_spec.jar
>> tomcat-6-el_2.1_spec.jar
>> tomcat-6-annotations_??_spec.jar
> 
> I think I like this list the best.
> 
> -David

+1, better to know where it comes from, in my opininon. The more information, the better

Jacques

Re: Question about naming convention for jar files

[David E Jones <jo...@hotwaxmedia.com>]

On May 21, 2008, at 10:51 PM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:

> I'm completing my tests for the upgrade from Tomcat 5 to Tomcat 6  
> and, in this process I will have to upgrade some of the api jars in  
> the base/lib/j2eespecs folder with the new ones bundled with Tomcat 6:
>
> geronimo-servlet_2.4_spec-1.0.jar --> servlet-api.jar (Servlet 2.5  
> API)
> geronimo-jsp_2.0_spec-1.0.jar --> jsp-api.jar (JSP 2.1 API)
>
> Also, we will need to add the following two new jars:
>
> annotations-api.jar (Annotations package)
> el-api.jar (EL 2.1 API)
>
> However, I would like to rename the jars so that it is easier to  
> understand what their content is (and where they come from).
>
> First option:
>
> tomcat-6-servlet_2.5_spec.jar
> tomcat-6-jsp_2.1_spec.jar
> tomcat-6-el_2.1_spec.jar
> tomcat-6-annotations_??_spec.jar

I think I like this list the best.

-David



> Second option: without the "tomcat-6" prefix.
>
> Third option: replace "spec" with "api".
>
> Or a combination of the three above.
>
> Please help me in this decision.
>
> Jacopo
>
>
>