2012/3/15 Nick Williams <nicholas.willi...@puresafety.com>: > 2012/3/15 Nick Williams <nicholas.willi...@puresafety.com>: >> Good to know. What about the next version of Tomcat 6? Will it also >> get >> 3.7.2 (or at least 3.7.1)? Or will it stay on 3.7.0 for the >> foreseeable future? That's my big concern. As long as Tomcat 6 has >> 3.7.1 or better, it should be able to compile JSPs for Java 7. With > 3.7.0, it can't. >> > > > 1. Please do not top-post. > > 2. There is some time (months?) before next Tomcat 6. I think ECJ version > will be updated. > > 3. The more people use and say there are no issues, the easier it is to > update. > > In your case, to use Java 7 features in JSPs you would have to also > reconfigure JspServlet (using compilerSourceVM / compilerTargetVM > options) to target Java 7. > > Best regards, > Konstantin Kolinko > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I see that the default values for compilerSourceVM and compilerTargetVM > are 1.5 in Tomcat 6 and 1.6 in Tomcat 7. It would need to be changed to > 1.7 in both, correct? > > I know this is starting to creep out of the scope of this mailing list > somewhat, but is changing these values in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/web.xml the > ONLY way to configure Tomcat to compile with 1.7? Can something not be > specified in web.xml to make it use 1.7 for that particular web > application? Or context.xml? Or anything else? >
You should be able to copy that <servlet> into your web.xml. The only caveat is that you would have to change its <name> and to copy its <servlet-mapping>s as well. I personally have never done that with JspServlet, but I often do so with DefaultServlet e.g. to enable directory listings. Best regards, Konstantin Kolinko --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
