SE452: Specifying a context [18/24]

The contexts of web applications for Tomcat are specified by the <Context> element in server.xml

The <Context> element may have the following attributes:

• path
  • The context path of the web application.
  • The prefix of the request URI for the web application.
  • This attribute is required.
  • Must start with '/ ' character
• docBase
  • The document root directory of the web application.
  • This attribute is required.
  • Can use relative or absolute path.
  • MyApps - relative to "tomcat_home"
  • /home/mwright/MyApp - absolute path on Unix
  • C:\MyApp - absolute path on Windows -- On a Windows platform, the drive letter and a colon (e. g. C: ) is required when specifying an absolute path.
• reloadable
  • If true, instruct Tomcat to reload servlets whenever they are updated.
  • When developing and debugging a server, it is very convenient to haveTomcat reload it upon change, this lets you fix bugs and have Tomcat test the new code without the need to shutdown and restart.
  • Default value: false
  • while this feature is very useful during development, it requires overhead to do the checking. This capability should generally not be used in deployed production applications.
• debug
  • debug level used for logging debug messages.
  • from 0 to 9
  • Default value: 0