Add application context to WAS 5.0

[Bruce Jin]

I have servlets in C:\myapp\WEB-INF\classes. With Tomcat I add this line to server.xml to create a new context for these servlets.
<Context path="/webapp" docBase="C:\myapp" debug="1" reloadable="true" />
Then I can access servlets using http://domain/webapp/servlet/...

How to add context in WAS 5.0 to use folder C:\myapp\WEB-INF\classes?
Thanks.

[Kyle Brown]

Originally posted by Bruce Jin:
I have servlets in C:\myapp\WEB-INF\classes. With Tomcat I add this line to server.xml to create a new context for these servlets.
<Context path="/webapp" docBase="C:\myapp" debug="1" reloadable="true" />
Then I can access servlets using http://domain/webapp/servlet/...

How to add context in WAS 5.0 to use folder C:\myapp\WEB-INF\classes?
Thanks.

You can't do that. WebSpehre won't let you serve from a directory structure like that. You MUST package your servlets & JSPs in a WAR file. When creating the WAR file with the AAT you can set the context there.
Kyle

[Bruce Jin]

Thanks Kyle:
Can I write a classloader to load servlets from my directory structure? I seem to see WAS 5 has a place to configure a classloader.
Thanks.

[Kyle Brown]

Originally posted by Bruce Jin:
Thanks Kyle:
Can I write a classloader to load servlets from my directory structure? I seem to see WAS 5 has a place to configure a classloader.
Thanks.

You could, but as I said DON'T DO THAT. That's not the way WebSphere works, and trying to circumvent it will just cause you grief. Just use EAR files...
Kyle