Well, what is described in this ticket seems to concern Tomcat in the Eclipse environment, i'd like to have the functionnality on the live environment, i'll keep on watching your patch to see if that can give me the functionnality i'm looking for.
Thank you for this information. On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Sylvain Laurent <slaur...@apache.org> wrote: > keep a watch on https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51741. > When it is implemented, it should give you this functionality. > > > On 30 nov. 2011, at 14:58, Sylvain Goulmy wrote: > > >> > >> So the effect is that multiple physical directories must be searched for > >> a given resource? > > > > > > Correct. > > > > The alias maps a given path to an external directory. > > > > > > Ok, that's what i had understood. > > > > Can you give an example of how you would like it to work? > > > > > > Here is the description of the EDR (Extended Document Root) mecanism in > > Websphere : > > > > Let's assume i have the following application : > > > > - Webapps/ > > - MyApplication/ > > - images/ > > - css/ > > - META-INF/ > > - WEB-INF/ > > - index.html > > > > I can define an EDR directory in the configuration of my application so > > that the ressource i access are first retrieved from my application and > > then in the EDR directory if they don't exist in my application. > > > > - /.../.../.../.../EDR/ > > - images/ > > - index.html > > > > These directories are defined as "extension" of my application and > another > > important thing is that i can also extend files which are at the root of > my > > application (as index.html). > > > > After a few more test with Tomcat i understand that : > > > > - You cannot "extend" directory, if you define an external location which > > math an existing directory of your application, the ressources of your > > application become unreachable. > > > > - As the documentation say "Using '/' as an aliasPath is not allowed.", > you > > cannot extend any ressource which is at the root of your application. > > > > Things seems clear for me now, please tell if i have missed something. > > > > Thank you in advance for your support. > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Pid <p...@pidster.com> wrote: > > > >> On 29/11/2011 17:47, Sylvain Goulmy wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I'd like to know it is possible to have equivalent functionality to the > >>> "extended document root" provided by the WebSphere product. This > feature > >>> allows you to define a location outside the webapp to make contribution > >>> without having to redeploy the application. This mechanism first checks > >> if > >>> the resource is present in the application and if not will look for it > in > >>> the directory extension. > >> > >> So the effect is that multiple physical directories must be searched for > >> a given resource? > >> > >> > >>> I thought that the functionality provided by the new attribute aliases > >> for > >>> the configuration item <context> would have a similar behavior, but I > see > >>> another operation. First of all it is not possible to set an alias on > the > >>> context '/', making it necessary to declare all the directories in > which > >>> you want to make the contribution. Also when I set an alias for a > >> directory > >>> present in my webapp, it becomes a priority and files in my webapp are > no > >>> longer available. > >>> > >>> Do I understand correctly how this new attribute aliases has to be > used ? > >> > >> The alias maps a given path to an external directory. > >> > >> > >>> Is it possible with Tomcat 7 to set up a mechanism similar to the > >> extended > >>> document root of Websphere? > >> > >> Can you give an example of how you would like it to work? > >> > >> > >> p > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> [key:62590808] > >> > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
