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3 | " align="right" src="../../images/tomcat.gif"></a></td><td><font face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"><h1>Apache Tomcat 6.0</h1></font></td><td><!--APACHE LOGO--><a href="http://www.apache.org/"><img border="0" alt="Apache Logo" align="right" src="../../images/asf-logo.gif"></a></td></tr></table><table cellspacing="4" width="100%" border="0"><!--HEADER SEPARATOR--><tr><td colspan="2"><hr size="1" noshade></td></tr><tr><!--RIGHT SIDE MAIN BODY--><td align="left" valign="top" width="80%"><table cellspacing="4" width="100%" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" align="left"><h1>Apache Tomcat Configuration Reference</h1><h2>System Properties</h2></td><td nowrap="true" valign="top" align="right"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Introduction"><strong>Introduction</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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4 | <p>The follow sections list the system properties that may be set to modify |
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5 | the default Tomcat behaviour.</p> |
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6 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Clustering"><strong>Clustering</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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7 | <table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tr><th bgcolor="#023264" width="15%"><font color="#ffffff">Property</font></th><th bgcolor="#023264" width="85%"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.catalina. tribes.dns_lookups</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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8 | <p>If <code>true</code>, the clustering module will attempt to use DNS to |
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9 | resolve any host names provided in the cluster configuration. If not |
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10 | specified, the default value of <code>false</code> will be used.</p> |
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13 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Expression Language"><strong>Expression Language</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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14 | <table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tr><th bgcolor="#023264" width="15%"><font color="#ffffff">Property</font></th><th bgcolor="#023264" width="85%"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.el.parser.COERCE_TO_ZERO</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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15 | <p>If <code>true</code>, when coercing expressions to numbers |
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16 | <code>""</code> and <code>null</code> will be coerced to zero as required |
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17 | by the specification. If not specified, the default value of |
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18 | <code>true</code> will be used.</p> |
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19 | </td></tr></table> |
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20 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Jasper"><strong>Jasper</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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21 | <table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tr><th bgcolor="#023264" width="15%"><font color="#ffffff">Property</font></th><th bgcolor="#023264" width="85%"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.jasper.compiler. Generator.VAR_EXPRESSIONFACTORY</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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22 | <p>The name of the variable to use for the expression language expression |
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23 | factory. If not specified, the default value of |
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24 | <code>_el_expressionfactory</code> will be used.</p> |
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25 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.jasper.compiler. Generator.VAR_INSTANCEMANAGER</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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26 | <p>The name of the variable to use for the instance manager factory. If |
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27 | not specified, the default value of <code>_jsp_instancemanager</code> will |
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28 | be used.</p> |
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29 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.jasper.compiler. Parser.STRICT_QUOTE_ESCAPING</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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30 | <p>If <code>false</code> the requirements for escpaing quotes in JSP |
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31 | attributes will be relaxed so that a missing required quote will not |
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32 | cause an error. If not specified, the specification compliant default of |
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33 | <code>true</code> will be used.</p> |
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34 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.jasper.runtime. BodyContentImpl.LIMIT_BUFFER</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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35 | <p>If <code>true</code>, any tag buffer that expands beyond |
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36 | <code>org.apache.jasper.Constants.DEFAULT_TAG_BUFFER_SIZE</code> will be |
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37 | destroyed and a new buffer created of the default size. If not specified, |
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38 | the default value of <code>false</code> will be used.</p> |
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39 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.jasper.runtime. JspFactoryImpl.USE_POOL</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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40 | <p>If <code>true</code>, a ThreadLocal <code>PageContext</code> pool will |
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41 | be used. If not specified, the default value of <code>true</code> will be |
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42 | used.</p> |
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43 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.jasper.runtime. JspFactoryImpl.POOL_SIZE</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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44 | <p>The size of the ThreadLocal <code>PageContext</code>. If not specified, |
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45 | the default value of <code>8</code> will be used.</p> |
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46 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.jasper.Constants. JSP_SERVLET_BASE</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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47 | <p>The base class of the Servlets generated from the JSPs. If not |
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48 | specified, the default value of |
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49 | <code>org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase</code> will be used.</p> |
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50 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.jasper.Constants. SERVICE_METHOD_NAME</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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51 | <p>The name of the service method called by the base class. If not |
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52 | specified, the default value of <code>_jspService</code> will be used.</p> |
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53 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.jasper.Constants. SERVLET_CLASSPATH</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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54 | <p>The name of the ServletContext attribute that provides the classpath |
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55 | for the JSP. If not specified, the default value of |
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56 | <code>org.apache.catalina.jsp_classpath</code> will be used.</p> |
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57 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.jasper.Constants. JSP_FILE</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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58 | <p>The name of the request attribute for <code><jsp-file></code> |
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59 | element of a servlet definition. If present on a request, this overrides |
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60 | the value returned by <code>request.getServletPath()</code> to select the |
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61 | JSP page to be executed. If not specified, the default value of |
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62 | <code>org.apache.catalina.jsp_file</code> will be used.</p> |
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63 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.jasper.Constants. PRECOMPILE</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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64 | <p>The name of the query parameter that causes the JSP engine to just |
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65 | pregenerate the servlet but not invoke it. If not specified, the default |
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66 | value of <code>org.apache.catalina.jsp_precompile</code> will be used.</p> |
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67 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.jasper.Constants. JSP_PACKAGE_NAME</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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68 | <p>The default package name for compiled jsp pages. If not specified, the |
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69 | default value of <code>org.apache.jsp</code> will be used.</p> |
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70 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.jasper.Constants. TAG_FILE_PACKAGE_NAME</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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71 | <p>The default package name for tag handlers generated from tag files. If |
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72 | not specified, the default value of <code>org.apache.jsp.tag</code> will |
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73 | be used.</p> |
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74 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.jasper.Constants. ALT_DD_ATTR</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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75 | <p>The servlet context attribute under which the alternate deployment |
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76 | descriptor for this web application is stored. If not specified, the |
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77 | default value of <code>org.apache.catalina.deploy.alt_dd</code> will |
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78 | be used.</p> |
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79 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.jasper.Constants. TEMP_VARIABLE_NAME_PREFIX</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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80 | <p>Prefix to use for generated temporary variable names. If not specified, |
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81 | the default value of <code>_jspx_temp</code> will be used.</p> |
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82 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.jasper.Constants. USE_INSTANCE_MANAGER_FOR_TAGS</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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83 | <p>If <code>true</code>, the instance manager is used to obtain tag |
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84 | handler instances. If not specified, <code>false</code> will be used.</p> |
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85 | </td></tr></table> |
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87 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Security"><strong>Security</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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89 | <table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tr><th bgcolor="#023264" width="15%"><font color="#ffffff">Property</font></th><th bgcolor="#023264" width="85%"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.catalina.connector. RECYCLE_FACADES</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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90 | <p>If this is <code>true</code> or if a security manager is in use a new |
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91 | facade object will be created for each request. If not specified, the |
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92 | default value of <code>false</code> will be used.</p> |
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93 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.catalina.connector. CoyoteAdapter.ALLOW_BACKSLASH</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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94 | <p>If this is <code>true</code> the '\' character will be permitted as a |
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95 | path delimiter. If not specified, the default value of <code>false</code> |
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96 | will be used.</p> |
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97 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.tomcat.util.buf. UDecoder.ALLOW_ENCODED_SLASH</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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98 | <p>If this is <code>true</code> '%2F' and '%5C' will be permitted as path |
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99 | delimiters. If not specified, the default value of <code>false</code> will |
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100 | be used.</p> |
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101 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.coyote. USE_CUSTOM_STATUS_MSG_IN_HEADER</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"><p>If this is |
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102 | <code>true</code> custom HTTP status messages will be used within HTTP |
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103 | headers. Users must ensure that any such message is ISO-8859-1 encoded, |
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104 | particularly if user provided input is included in the message, to prevent |
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105 | a possible XSS vulnerability. If not specified the default value of |
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106 | <code>false</code> will be used.</p> |
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107 | </td></tr></table> |
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108 | |
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109 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Specification"><strong>Specification</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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111 | <table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tr><th bgcolor="#023264" width="15%"><font color="#ffffff">Property</font></th><th bgcolor="#023264" width="85%"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.catalina. STRICT_SERVLET_COMPLIANCE</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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112 | <p>If this is <code>true</code> the following actions will occur: |
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113 | <ul> |
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114 | <li>any wrapped request or response object passed to an application |
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115 | dispatcher will be checked to ensure that it has wrapped the original |
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116 | request or response. (SRV.8.2 / SRV.14.2.5.1) |
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117 | </li> |
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118 | <li>a call to <code>Response.getWriter()</code> if no character encoding |
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119 | has been specified will result in subsequent calls to |
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120 | <code>Response.getCharacterEncoding()</code> returning |
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121 | <code>ISO-8859-1</code> and the <code>Content-Type</code> response header |
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122 | will include a <code>charset=ISO-8859-1</code> component. (SRV.15.2.22.1) |
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123 | </li> |
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124 | <li>every request that is associated with a session will cause the |
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125 | session's last accessed time to be updated regardless of whether or not |
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126 | the request explicity accesses the session. (SRV.7.6) |
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127 | </li> |
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128 | <li> |
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129 | cookies will be parsed strictly, by default v0 cookies will not work with any invalid characters. |
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130 | <br>If set to false, any v0 cookie with invalid character will be switched to a v1 cookie and |
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131 | the value will be quoted. |
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132 | </li> |
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133 | <li> |
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134 | <code>ServletContext.getResource/getResourceAsStream</code> must start with "/"<br> |
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135 | if set to false, code like <code>getResource("myfolder/myresource.txt")</code> will work |
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136 | </li> |
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137 | </ul> |
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138 | </p> |
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139 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.catalina.session. StandardSession.ACTIVITY_CHECK</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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140 | <p>If this is <code>true</code> or if |
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141 | <code>org.apache.catalina.STRICT_SERVLET_COMPLIANCE</code> is |
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142 | <code>true</code> Tomcat will track the number of active requests for each |
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143 | session. When determining if a session is valid, any session with at least |
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144 | one active request will always be considered valid. If not specified, the |
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145 | default value of <code>false</code> will be used.</p> |
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146 | </td></tr></table> |
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148 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Other"><strong>Other</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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150 | <table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tr><th bgcolor="#023264" width="15%"><font color="#ffffff">Property</font></th><th bgcolor="#023264" width="85%"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>catalina.useNaming</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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151 | <p>If this is <code>false</code> it will override the |
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152 | <code>useNaming</code> attribute for all <a href="context.html"> |
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153 | Context</a> elements.</p> |
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154 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>jvmRoute</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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155 | <p>Provides a default value for the <code>jvmRoute</code> attribute of the |
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156 | <a href="engine.html">Engine</a> element. It does not override the a value |
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157 | configured on the <a href="engine.html">Engine</a> element.</p> |
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158 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.catalina.loader. WebappClassLoader.ENABLE_CLEAR_REFERENCES</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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159 | <p>If <code>true</code>, Tomcat attempts to null out any static or final |
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160 | fields from loaded classes when a web application is stopped as a work |
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161 | around for apparent garbage collection bugs and application coding errors. |
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162 | </p> |
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163 | <p>There have been some issues reported with log4j when this option is |
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164 | <code>true</code>.</p> |
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165 | <p>Applications without memory leaks using recent JVMs should operate |
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166 | correctly with this option set to <code>false</code>.</p> |
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167 | <p>If not specified, the default value of <code>true</code> will be used. |
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168 | </p> |
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169 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>catalina.config</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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170 | <p>The URL for the catalina.properties configuration file.</p> |
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171 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>tomcat.util.buf.StringCache.byte.enabled</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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172 | <p>If <code>true</code>, the String cache is enabled for |
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173 | <code>ByteChunk</code>. If not specified, the default value of |
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174 | <code>false</code> will be used.</p> |
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175 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>tomcat.util.buf.StringCache.char.enabled</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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176 | <p>If <code>true</code>, the String cache is enabled for |
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177 | <code>CharChunk</code>. If not specified, the default value of |
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178 | <code>false</code> will be used.</p> |
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179 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>tomcat.util.buf.StringCache.trainThreshold</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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180 | <p>The number of times <code>toString()</code> must be called before the |
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181 | cache is activated. If not specified, the default value of |
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182 | <code>20000</code> will be used.</p> |
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183 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>tomcat.util.buf.StringCache.cacheSize</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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184 | <p>The size of the String cache. If not specified, the default value of |
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185 | <code>200</code> will be used.</p> |
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186 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>tomcat.util.buf.StringCache.maxStringSize</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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187 | <p>The maximum length of String that will be cached. If not specified, the |
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188 | default value of <code>128</code> will be used.</p> |
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189 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.tomcat.util. http.FastHttpDateFormat.CACHE_SIZE</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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190 | <p>The size of the cache to use parsed and formatted date value. If not |
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191 | specified, the default value of <code>1000</code> will be used.</p> |
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192 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>org.apache.tomcat.util. net.NioSelectorShared</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> |
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193 | <p>If <code>true</code>, use a shared selector for servlet write/read. If |
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194 | not specified, the default value of <code>true</code> will be used.</p> |
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195 | </td></tr></table> |
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197 | </blockquote></td></tr></table></td></tr><!--FOOTER SEPARATOR--><tr><td colspan="2"><hr size="1" noshade></td></tr><!--PAGE FOOTER--><tr><td colspan="2"><div align="center"><font size="-1" color="#525D76"><em> |
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198 | Copyright © 1999-2008, Apache Software Foundation |
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