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Contents

• Read This Section First
• What This Release Includes
• New And Updated Features
• Known Bugs

Read This Section First

If you are new to Tomcat, you will want to consult the Tomcat Documentation included with this release. In addition, the Java Web Services Developer Pack tutorials include instructions for deploying and running web services (and web applications) built with these technologies in the included Tomcat server.

What This Release Includes

The Java^TM Web Services Developer Pack includes the Tomcat servlet and JSP container from the Apache Software Foundation, according to the terms of the Apache Software License, Version 1.1. This document describes changes and new features that have occurred since the most recent production release (4.0.2) of Apache Tomcat.

New and Revised Features

• New Application Deployment Option - In previous versions of Tomcat, developers could deploy a web service or web application by placing the web application archive (WAR) file (or an unpacked directory conforming to the organization of a WAR file) into the "webapps" directory. However, if you wanted to customize the internal server configuration of this web application, you needed to modify the server-wide "conf/server.xml" file. Now, you have the additional choice to deploy an "application descriptor" file in the "webapps" directory, instead of a WAR or application directory. This file contains exactly the information you would put in the <Context> element of "conf/server.xml", including the context path and the document base. See the Tomcat Server Configuration Reference for more information.
• Directories for Shared Classes - As described in the Tomcat Class Loader HOW-TO, Tomcat provides a number of directories into which you may place unpacked classes and JAR files that are visible to all web applications. Please note that the directories for the Shared class loader have changed from "classes" and "lib" to "shared/classes" and "shared/lib", respectively.
• No web server connectors - The Java Web Services Developer Pack does not ship with the web server connectors available with the Apache download of Tomcat. It is designed to use Tomcat itself for serving all static and dynamic content.

Current Limitations

• Running on privileged ports - This Early Access Release does not support running Tomcat on privileged TCP/IP ports (those below 1024) without running under a privileged account. This will be addressed in a future release.

Known Bugs