Author: kkolinko
Date: Tue Oct 18 12:11:33 2011
New Revision: 1185609
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1185609&view=rev
Log:
Merged revision 1185588 from tomcat/trunk:
Fix https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52045
Better document what "default" Manager implementation is.
Also added a separate section about the pathname="" trick that is used to
disable session persistence.
Modified:
tomcat/tc5.5.x/trunk/container/webapps/docs/config/manager.xml
Modified: tomcat/tc5.5.x/trunk/container/webapps/docs/config/manager.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc5.5.x/trunk/container/webapps/docs/config/manager.xml?rev=1185609&r1=1185608&r2=1185609&view=diff
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--- tomcat/tc5.5.x/trunk/container/webapps/docs/config/manager.xml (original)
+++ tomcat/tc5.5.x/trunk/container/webapps/docs/config/manager.xml Tue Oct 18
12:11:33 2011
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
<p>A Manager element MAY be nested inside a
<a href="context.html">Context</a> component. If it is not included,
a default Manager configuration will be created automatically, which
- is sufficient for most requirements.</p>
+ is sufficient for most requirements, — see
+ <em>Standard Manager Implementation</em> below for the details
+ of this configuration.</p>
</section>
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@
<subsection name="Standard Implementation">
<p>Tomcat provides two standard implementations of <strong>Manager</strong>
- for use - the default one stores active sessions, while the optional one
+ for use — the default one stores active sessions, while the
optional one
stores active sessions that have been swapped out (in addition to saving
sessions across a restart of Tomcat) in a storage location that is selected
via the use of an appropriate <strong>Store</strong> nested element.</p>
@@ -135,8 +137,9 @@
<p>Absolute or relative (to the work directory for this Context)
pathname of the file in which session state will be preserved
across application restarts, if possible. The default is
- "SESSIONS.ser". See <a href="#Restart Persistence">Restart
- Persistence</a> for more information. Restart persistence may be
+ "SESSIONS.ser".<br />See
+ <a href="#Persistence_Across_Restarts">Persistence Across Restarts</a>
+ for more information. This persistence may be
disabled by setting this attribute to an empty string.</p>
</attribute>
@@ -457,9 +460,9 @@ create table tomcat_sessions (
<section name="Special Features">
- <subsection name="Restart Persistence">
+ <subsection name="Persistence Across Restarts">
- <p>Whenever Catalina is shut down normally and restarted, or when an
+ <p>Whenever Apache Tomcat is shut down normally and restarted, or when an
application reload is triggered, the standard Manager implementation
will attempt to serialize all currently active sessions to a disk
file located via the <code>pathname</code> attribute. All such saved
@@ -474,6 +477,17 @@ create table tomcat_sessions (
</subsection>
+ <subsection name="Disable Session Persistence">
+
+ <p>As documented above, every web application by default has
+ standard manager implementation configured, and it performs session
+ persistence across restarts. To disable this persistence feature, create
+ a <a href="context.html">Context</a> configuration file for your web
+ application and add the following element there:</p>
+
+ <source><Manager pathname="" /></source>
+ </subsection>
+
</section>
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