Re: Confused about startup

2007-10-25 Thread Lyallex
Hi Thanks for this and thanks to those that replied about this off list. Sometmes I struggle to make myself understood, this is one such time I think. All I really wanted to know was why Bootstrap.main() had the line "Main method, used for testing only" In it's comment block. As far as I can se

Re: Confused about startup

2007-10-24 Thread Konstantin Kolinko
Hi, I can say you a few words about this bootstrap class. I remember how I was proud, when I managed to decypher what it actually does. It was a year ago, but it is still a good memory. ;) It's an excellent piece. I hope that in a while you will be able to share these feelings of joy. In essence

Re: Confused about startup

2007-10-24 Thread Lyallex
Hmm, obviously this was "not an acceptable question" ... shame. Still, I have now managed to get 5.5.25 to build and run and when I put some simple debug in Bootstrap.main() it does indeed appear that this method is being called. Still slightly confused as to why this method is commented as /**

Confused about startup

2007-10-24 Thread Lyallex
Hello Windows XP SP2 Java 1.5.0_10 Tomcat 5.5.25 After many years using Tomcat to host various web sites I thought it was about time I started looking at some of the code. I downloaded the source for 5.5.25 and thought I'd start at the beginning and figure out what happens when I start the server