Bob, I replied to your original post - if you did not get that, check the archive here http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-users/200510.mbox/%3c00fc01c [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re what xml the host tag is referring to, I assume that the xml settings in host relate to loading all the config files, incl web.xml, tomcat-users, server.xml, etc. Can't think of any other reason that the TC engine would use XML...? 'xmlNamespaceAware' : I think this relates to the DTD, hence if you have validation true you need > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Bronson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday 28 October 2005 02:27 > To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org > Subject: Asking Again: What's the "xmlValidation" Attribute for? > > > I'm using TC 5.5.12. > > Please look at this snippet from the server.xml that is distributed > with TC: > > <!-- Define the default virtual host > Note: XML Schema validation will not work with Xerces 2.2. > --> > <Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps" > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" > xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"> > > > Can anyone tell me what the 'xmlValidation' attribute on > <Host> is for? > I realize it has something to do with "XML validation", but > what XML is > it referring to? Is it the corresponding web.xml? And how does the > 'xmlNamespaceAware' attribute fit in? > > And what's the comment about the Xerces 2.2 parser? I'm using > Sun's JDK > 1.5.0. Does it use Xerces internally? > > When I set the 'xmlValidation' attribute to 'true' I get a big stack > trace. One would think it might be appropriate to offer a nice error > message describing the problem. > > I've looked at the latest TC documentation for <Host> and it makes no > mention of the 'xmlValidation' attribute: > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/host.html > > Can someone please explain these two attributes? My web.xml is getting > unwieldy and I'd like to start validating it. > > Thanks very much. > > -- > Bob Bronson > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
