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<ul><li><a href="#Introduction">Introduction</a></li><li><a href="#Attributes">Attributes</a><ol><li><a href="#Common_Attributes">Common Attributes</a></li><li><a href="#Standard_Implementation">Standard Implementation</a></li><li><a href="#VirtualDirContext_implementation">VirtualDirContext implementation</a></li></ol></li><li><a href="#Nested_Components">Nested Components</a></li><li><a href="#Special_Features">Special Features</a></li></ul>
</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Introduction"><strong>Introduction</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
<p>The <strong>Resources</strong> element represents the <em>web
application static resources</em>, from which classes will be loaded,
HTML, JSP and the other static files will be served. This allows the webapp
to reside on various mediums other than the filesystem, like compressed
in a WAR file, in a JDBC database, or in a more advanced versioning
repository.</p>
<p>A unified caching engine is provided for all accesses to the webapp
resources made by the servlet container and web applications which use the
container provided mechanisms to access such resources, such as classloader
access, access through the <code>ServletContext</code> interface, or native
access through the <code>DirectoryContext</code> interface.</p>
<p><strong>Note: Running a webapp with non-filesystem based
Resources implementations is only possible when the webapp does not
rely on direct filesystem access to its own resources, and uses the methods
in the ServletContext interface to access them.</strong></p>
<p>A Resources element MAY be nested inside a
<a href="context.html">Context</a> component. If it is not included,
a default filesystem based Resources will be created automatically,
which is sufficient for most requirements.</p>
</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Attributes"><strong>Attributes</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Common Attributes"><!--()--></a><a name="Common_Attributes"><strong>Common Attributes</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
<p>All implementations of <strong>Resources</strong>
support the following attributes:</p>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5"><tr><th width="15%" bgcolor="#023264"><font color="#ffffff">Attribute</font></th><th width="85%" bgcolor="#023264"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="center"><code class="attributeName">className</code></td><td align="left" valign="center">
<p>Java class name of the implementation to use. This class must
implement the <code>javax.naming.directory.DirContext</code> interface.
It is recommended for optimal functionality and performance,
but not mandatory, that the class extend
<code>org.apache.naming.resources.BaseDirContext</code>, as well as
use the special object types provided in the
<code>org.apache.naming.resources</code> for returned objects.
If not specified, the standard value (defined below) will be used.</p>
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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Standard Implementation"><!--()--></a><a name="Standard_Implementation"><strong>Standard Implementation</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
<p>The standard implementation of <strong>Resources</strong> is
<strong>org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext</strong>, and
is configured by its parent Context element.</p>
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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="VirtualDirContext implementation"><!--()--></a><a name="VirtualDirContext_implementation"><strong>VirtualDirContext implementation</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
<p>This implementation of <strong>Resources</strong> is
<strong>org.apache.naming.resources.VirtualDirContext</strong> and is aimed to be used
during development to deploy a webapp without copying files to a webapp compliant
directory structure.
It extends <code>FileDirContext</code> and supports the following
additional attributes</p>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5"><tr><th width="15%" bgcolor="#023264"><font color="#ffffff">Attribute</font></th><th width="85%" bgcolor="#023264"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="center"><code class="attributeName">extraResourcePaths</code></td><td align="left" valign="center">
<p>Allows to map a path of the filesystem to a path in the webapp. Multiple
filesystem paths can be mapped to the same path in the webapp. Filesystem
path and virtual path must be separated by an equal signe (=). Pairs of paths
must be separated by a column.</p>
Example: <code>/=/Users/jdoe/mywebapp/src/main/webapp,/=/Users/jdoe/mywebapp/src/main/webapp2,/pictures=/Users/jdoe/sharedpictures</code>
<p>The path to the docBase (as declared in the Context) must not be added here.</p>
<p>This attribute enhances the feature provided by the <code>aliases</code>
attribute of the <strong>StandardContext</strong>.</p>
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<p>No components may be nested inside a <strong>Resources</strong> element.</p>
</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Special Features"><!--()--></a><a name="Special_Features"><strong>Special Features</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
<p>No special features are associated with a <strong>Resources</strong>
element.</p>
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