Robert Dietrick wrote: > I would very much prefer to use only the one in > mywebapp/META-INF/contex.xml, as this is much less invasive (does not > require changing/adding anything to tomcat's global config > directories). But this doesn't seem to work.
That isn't the way it is designed. > > I can leave it as is (and am becoming resigned to the fact that this > is my only option), but this is sort of a maintenance nightmare since > the two files need to be kept in sync. Plus, it just seems idiotic to > need to declare the context and its resources in two locations. The way it works (ignoring https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42747) is: - drop in war - if META-INF/context.xml exists, it is copied to conf - the version in conf then always takes priority - edit version in conf if you need to change the config - war automatically reloads - drop in new war - war automatically reloads - any META-INF/context.xml is ignored - undeploy war, file in conf is deleted. The reason it is designed this was is so that you can edit context.xml to non-default settings without them getting trashed every time you update the war. > Does either of these files need a 'docBase' or 'path' parameter? It > doesn't seem to make a difference either way. No. They should be ignored if present but it is better not to specify them. The name of the war determines the context path. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
