[cas-dev] easier configuration in CAS 3.1.2-SNAPSHOT

[Scott Battaglia]

The XML configuration files have to be placed in a specific directory that
is under the WEB-INF directory.  The web.xml is configured to only load XML
files in that specific directory.  It eliminates the need for every deployer
to modify the web.xml.  It also allows us to break out the configuration
files into smaller subsets and allow you to override specific ones without
having to make a copy of the larger file (i.e. applicationContext.xml).

-Scott

On Jan 30, 2008 2:22 PM, William G. Thompson, Jr. <wgthom at rutgers.edu>
wrote:

> Not sure how I feel about loading *.xml files...seems like it could
> lead to some unintended consequences.  Isn't it better, safer maybe,
> to have these explicitly identified?  I'm curious how others feel
> about this change.
>
> Bill
>
>
> On Jan 30, 2008 11:56 AM, Scott Battaglia <scott.battaglia at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > For the first time in a long time, I've actually had to do a deployment
> of
> > CAS from scratch (shocking, yes, I know).  So its the first time I've
> had
> > the pleasure of using the WAR overlay method of keeping track of your
> > customizations.  [side note, if you're not using it I recommend it].
> >
> > However, when using it I noticed a few things that could be done more
> > easily, so I've made a few modifications to the way we handle
> configuration
> > files:
> >
> > Except for the files that we reference constantly or need to be in a
> > particular spot (I'm looking at you, deployerConfigContext.xml and
> > cas-servlet.xml), all other Spring XML configuration files are either
> > located in WEB-INF/spring-configuration/ or
> WEB-INF/unused-configuration/
> >
> > The web.xml is set up to load deployerConfigContext.xml and
> > WEB-INF/spring-configuration/*.xml.  You need to add a configuration
> file or
> > enable one?  Just put it in that directory (preferably using the WAR
> overlay
> > method).  Some of the things that are more frequently modified have been
> > broken out into their own configuration files.
> >
> > This is going in for the CAS 3.1.2 release.  If you have any suggestions
> on
> > breaking up the configuration files some more, etc. please let me know
> > within the next day or two.
> >
> > Thanks
> > -Scott
> >
> >  --
> > -Scott Battaglia
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