[jsr-314-open] [jsf2next] PROJECT_STAGE system property configuration

[Dan Allen]

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been hearing "appserver", but would the "Java EE Umbrella Spec" be
>> enough to bring this behavior to servlet containers? The last thing we want
>> is to create another thing that appservers provide, that servlet containers
>> do not. We still need ProjectStage to make it into the Servlet spec,
>> explicitly, in order to bridge that gap, right? Is that an accurate
>> assumption?
>>
>
> My position on this is that the whole idea of using a "servlet container"
> needs to go away. We need a more robust foundation for what we deem
> "minimal" in the Java EE world so that we can inherit things such as project
> stages. That's why I believe that the web profile (or perhaps even an even
> lighter profile) needs to be the foundation. A servlet container isn't
> anything in Java EE. It's not defined. It is just an implementation of a
> couple of specs which is not defined as a group anywhere in the Java EE
> platform. The web profile is that grouping (well, it's damn close to what
> servlet containers are).
>
> So the question really needs to be, do project stages apply to all
> profiles? And I think the answer is yes, it should be possible to set the
> stage at the container level of whatever hosts your profile.


And for cases where people insist on using servlet containers (or require
them for whatever reason), then the servlet containers are going to have to
define their own proprietary way of control this setting (such as Tomcat's
server.xml) (or just set the JNDI value).

-Dan

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