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

[William G. Thompson, Jr.]

Are you concerned at all that either maliciously or by mistake a file
gets loaded that should not?

Bill

On Jan 30, 2008 2:29 PM, Scott Battaglia <scott.battaglia at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> > >
> > >  --
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William G. Thompson, Jr.
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Enterprise Systems and Services, Rutgers University
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