On Aug 3, 2013, at 6:05 PM, Christopher Schultz wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Nick, > > On 8/3/13 2:54 PM, Nick Williams wrote: >> I'm using Tomcat 8.0.0-RC1. Hopefully I'm just missing something >> here. I created a web application with the following >> /META-INF/context.xml file (I tried both with and without the >> path="/support" attribute). >> >> >> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> <Context path="/support"> >> <Loader >> loaderClass="org.springframework.instrument.classloading.tomcat.TomcatInstrumentableClassLoader"/> >> >> > </Context> > > If you are using META-INF/context.xml, then the "path" attribute is > definitely illegal/ignored. > > I haven't read the Javadoc for Tomcat 8 yet, but I think you want: > > <Loader className="org.spring....Loader" /> > > Instead of "loaderClass". At least, that's what it would have been for > Tomcat 7.
className is for specified a different Loader implementation. loaderClass is for specifying a different ClassLoader. It's very confusing, but this is definitely right. > >> The JAR containing the TomcatInstrumentableClassLoader is in >> TOMCAT_HOME/lib. However, when the application starts the class >> loader is still Tomcat's WebappClassLoader. >> >> So, I moved the <Loader> element to TOMCAT_HOME/conf/context.xml >> and now it works. When the application starts the class loader is >> the TomcatInstrumentableClassLoader. > > That's odd. > >> Note that I have confirmed the context.xml file IS in META-INF at >> the root of my web application (not in /WEB-INF/classes/META-INF). >> I also noticed that TOMCAT_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost is empty. >> There are no files or other directories in that directory at all. >> So, it would appear that my context.xml is not getting copied. I >> don't know whether or not that matters. I am deploying my >> application as an exploded directory (not a WAR), and it is in an >> external directory (it is not in TOMCAT_HOME/webapps). >> >> Am I doing something wrong here, or is this a bug? > > Anything in the "work" directory? CATALINA_BASE/conf/[Engine]/[Host]/ > should be where context.xml files are copied, so .. this definitely > looks fishy. Yes. There's a TOMCAT_HOME/work/Catalina/localhost/support directory, but TOMCAT_HOME/conf/Catalina is empty. Nick --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
