Re: Fwd: Tomcat & JDK Version

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On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Pier P. Fumagalli wrote:

> Haydn Haines - Sun UK - Partner Support at Haydn.Haines@sun.com wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > The tomcat 3.2.2 README file states that jdk 1.1 or later AND JSSE
> > 1.0.2 or later are required...
> > 
> > However, the JSSE 1.0.2 install.html states that JSSE 1.0.2 requires
> > Java 2 SDK 1.2.1 or greater OR Java 2 RE 1.2.1...
> > 
> > So, doesn't that mean the tomcat 3.2.2 README file shouldn't say "jdk
> > 1.1 or later" or am I missing something (a brain perhaps :) )???

Not quite - you can run tomcat 3.2.2 with JDK1.1. Some of it's features
that require JDK1.2 will not be available - JSSE, sandboxing, context
class loader. 

I agree the doc is not very clear on this issue. 

If you need SSL in a JDK1.1 environment you can use Apache/SSL. For
sandboxing and context class loader - unfortunately there is no solution
for 1.1.

Tomcat is a modular server, and the "core" and "base" modules ( those
implementing the essentials of a servlet container ) are using minimal
features of JDK ( there are few minimal changes to make 3.3 run in J2ME
for example ). In addition, we do provide advanced modules that take
advantage of latest VM features.



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