Well, there is interest - the tomcat-lite in the sandbox does allow that ( there is even a TomcatLiteNoConnector unit test ).
The code is broken right now - in process of moving part of it to trunk and adjusting it to be easier to digest. Will take quite a while before it's ready for an official release - but ability to run 'in process' ( either as unit tests, or as you describe ) is one of the goals. Costin On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Jess Holle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having looked into this further it seems clear Tomcat is not designed to > provide any reasonably reliable / easy-to-use means of making a JSP or > servlet request from within the process but outside a connector request > thread. If one wants to properly do this it would appear one has to call > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke() oneself -- with Tomcat > Request and Response objects. Ideally there would be a way to instead > implement HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse as desired, mimicking > remote client to the degree needed, get a RequestDispatcher [from a cached > ServletContext], and call forward(), for instance -- possibly capturing the > context class loader in a ContextListener and setting that as the context > class loader around all this. That /kind of/ works for include(), but skips > all servlet filters and does not work at all for forward(). > > I fully realize the servlet specification spells out no such mechanism, but > I believe there is a clear gap here. One should be able to embed Tomcat in > an application and /easily /invoke a JSP or servlet to produce an HTML > e-mail body, for instance. This should involve a minimum of Tomcat-specific > APIs. > > It is hard to understand why one should be unable to re-use one's JSPs and > servlet investment to produce HTML for other purposes than HTTP responses.// > It is also quite unclear to me why there appears to be no interest in > addressing this need. > > -- > Jess Holle > > > Jess Holle wrote: > >> I find no user documentation on anything like what I'm looking for. >> >> I thus am /assuming/ this would be an extension to Tomcat and thus more >> appropriate for a development forum than a user forum. >> >> I want to call JSPs, etc, from Java code to generate HTML. I'm not >> looking for a web server connector -- that would be a clear user group >> question. >> >> Remy Maucherat wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 07:48 -0500, Jess Holle wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Is there an in-process connector for Tomcat somewhere out there? >>>> >>>> Specifically I want to be able to embed Tomcat and use JSPs, etc, to >>>> generate HTML but without requiring loopback HTTP(S) requests. >>>> >>>> Does such a thing exist? If not, would this be hard to add? >>>> >>>> Pointers and suggestions would be much appreciated. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> There is a user list for questions on Tomcat usage. >>> >>> Rémy >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
