Can anyone shed some light on why the org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext.getContext(uri) method was written to return the current context whenever the uri passed into it was a "sub-dir" of the current context's path? For example, calling getContext("/common") from within a context that had as it's path: "/", would allways return the context of "/". and, calling getContext("/store/common") from within a context that had as it's path: "/store", would always return the context of "/store" anyone? --------------------------------------- Ryan Smith Platform Engineer Sony Online Entertainment (858) 577-3072 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------