On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Caldarale, Charles R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> From: Robert Dietrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: where to place context configuration >> >> I would very much prefer to use only the one in >> mywebapp/META-INF/contex.xml > > I hope the above is a typo, because if it's really in "contex.xml" Tomcat > won't look at it.
Yes, it was a typo. > >> But this doesn't seem to work. > > It works fine for me; I put the <Context> element in one location or the > other, not both. Note that Tomcat will sometimes copy the one from > META-INF/context.xml into conf/Catalina/[host]/[appName].xml during a > deployment, and that's likely what you're seeing. > >> Plus, it just seems idiotic to need to declare the context >> and its resources in two locations. > > Never had to do that. Suggest that you stop Tomcat, remove the one in > conf/Catalina/[host], clean out the work directory for the webapp, clean out > the expanded webapp so all you have left is the .war file, and restart > Tomcat. You will likely see the one in conf/Catalina/[host] recreated from > the META-INF/context.xml, since Tomcat wants to be able to read the file > directly. A real undeployment of the webapp should delete the one in > conf/Catalina/[host]; if you're updating the .war without doing an > undeployment first, you're breaking the rules, and all bets are off. That did it. I've never seen it documented anywhere that tomcat copies context files from META-INF/ to /conf/[Engine]/[host]/. Plus, I was deploying as a directory named '[myapp].war' rather than as an actual .war file, so I guess I get what I deserve. Thanks for the help. -rob --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
