On 09/10/2012 22:27, Mark Thomas wrote:
> I believe from the various threads on the Resources implementation for
> Tomcat 8 there is agreement that:
> 
> - DirContext is not the right basis for the Resources API
> - Refactoring is required to simplify the multiple 'add-ons' and to
>   provide a sound basis for overlays (which may slip to Servlet 3.2)
> - Any Resources implementation must provide in-memory caching
> 
> The sandbox Resources implementation addresses all of the above and
> passes the Servlet and JSP TCKs as well as all the unit tests.
> 
> Given the above, is there any objection to merging the changes made in
> the sandbox back to trunk?

It has been a week and no objections so I will go ahead and do this.
However, I am currently working on the new HTTP Upgrade API, the new
WebSocket API and converting trunk to use both. I plan to focus on that
for the next few days and and merge the resources changes afterwards.

Mark

> Note that the following TODOs remain:
> - Provide an option to exclude selected resources from the cache
> - Remove the DirContext code
> - Review the use of trailing '/'
> - Determine if a custom URL scheme is required (and implement if it is)
> - Review the interaction of WebappClassLoader and Resources to see if
>   there current work-arounds are a) still required b) implemented
>   efficiently
> 
> Mark
> 
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