Hi Sylvain, I have taken the sources from the trunk version and i compiled T7.
Can you please give me an example of the declaration of the ressource i should do in my context in order to have the benefit of this functionnality ? I don't understand the <loader> part of your comment in the bugzilla ticket. What is the order of the research of the ressources when you have additional directories defined for your application ? I'm gonna have a look at your code but i'm not a java expert so i prefer asking in order to avoid any confusion. Thank you for your support. On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Sylvain Laurent <slaur...@apache.org>wrote: > It's not for eclipse only. The ticket talks about eclipse because that was > the main motivation for the feature, but it's totally independent. > > > On 5 déc. 2011, at 15:15, Sylvain Goulmy wrote: > > > 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 > >> > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
