Chris,
I have committed my attempt at updating SimpleMapper1. I
tried to make it a little more efficient by storing "*hosts"
in a separate map. Let me know if it works properly in your
situation.
Note that the format for adding aliases is (from Costin's
update):
<Host name="foo">
<Alias name="bar" />
<... >
<Context ... >
</Host>
For it to work, the <Alias ... /> entries must come before
the <Context ... /> entries.
Cheers,
Larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Bryden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 10:52 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: SimpleMapper1.java
>
>
> At 10:23 06/08/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi Chris,
> >
> >I've looked at committing your patch. However, in reviewing
> >who uses Context.getHost(), I a little nervous about having
> >Context.getHost() contain a wildcard. (I think this is what
> >your patch implies.) Though I don't think anything bad
> >happens currently, Context.getHost() is used in a number
> >of locations which would seem as though they aren't expecting
> >a wildcard. ContextManager.createRequest() is the one that
> >make me the most nervous.
> >
> >Context does have a vhostAliases field. This would seem
> >a more appropriate location for your wildcard string.
> >Unfortunately, I don't think vhostAliases can be specified
> >in server.xml or apps-xxx.xml yet. You are welcome to look
> >into adding that. I'll try to find time if you can't.
>
> I agree, that patch was really just a bit of a hack to get me
> out of a
> tight spot. I did see a few references to vhostAliases as I
> was looking
> through and thought that It would probably be the better
> place for this
> sort of thing.
>
> I'll try to make some time this week to have a look at adding alias
> specifications to server.xml or apps-whatever.xml this week
> if you like...
>
>
> >Once that is done, your patch and a simple update to
> >SimpleMapper1.addContext() should get the behavior you desire
> >without putting a wildcard in Context.getHost().
>
> sounds good to me. I'll let you know how I get on....
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Chris Bryden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 10:07 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: SimpleMapper1.java
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I didn't get a response from the last mail I sent on this
> > > subject, but I
> > > hope I could borrow a few minutes of your time to at least
> > > point me in the
> > > direction of the relevant documentation on virtual hosts
> in tomcat...
> > >
> > > I am using
> > >
> > > Apache 1.3.20 and Tomcat 3.3 on Linux 2.4.5
> > >
> > > We use a large number of virtual hosts in apache of the form
> > > xyz.subdomain.ourdomain.com. They all point to the same
> > > context, with the
> > > xyz art of the name being used by the webapp to determine
> how it was
> > > accessed and set content accordingly...
> > >
> > > In the apache configuration, the virtual host is defined using the
> > > ServerAlias directive and a wildcard, however, tomcat seems
> > > to need the
> > > Host tags in server.xml to exactly match the host header..
> > >
> > > I was under a lot of pressure to get this working at the
> > > time, so hacked
> > > SimpleMapper1.java so that I could put a wildcard in my
> Host tag in
> > > server.xml according to the attached patch...
> > >
> > > The question I have is, what is the future for defining
> > > wildcard hosts in
> > > the Host tags in server.xml..? I would be more than happy to
> > > help with any
> > > development in this area, but I need to know what the plans
> > > are for virtual
> > > host definitions in server.xml
> > >
> > > If the reason that I didn't get a reply to my earlier mail is
> > > that I am
> > > being a complete muppet, please could you direct me to the
> > > relevent docs so
> > > I can demuppetize :-)
> > >
> > > Kind Regards,
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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