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Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 16:42:32 +0300
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Subject: Re: Difference in the behaviour of WebappClassLoaderBase.getResource
 for jar resources
From: Violeta Georgieva <milesg78@gmail.com>
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2016-04-27 14:25 GMT+03:00 Mark Thomas <markt@apache.org>:
>
> On 27/04/2016 12:00, Violeta Georgieva wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a question about difference in the behaviour of
> > org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.getResource(String).
> > I'm investigating the issue reported here [1].
> >
> > In Tomcat 8+ when WebappClassLoaderBase.getResource is invoked with a
path
> > that represents a jar resource and starts with a slash
> > (classpath:/schema/shibboleth-2.0-services.xsd) this resource will be
> > served.
> > In
> >
org.apache.catalina.webresources.AbstractArchiveResourceSet.getResource(String)
> > it is clearly stated that when the path starts with a slash then this
> > leading slash will be removed.
> >
> > In Tomcat 7 WebappClassLoaderBase.getResource, such resource will not be
> > found. If I remove the leading slash everything is OK.
> >
> > Is that difference intentional or I can apply a change for removing the
> > leading slash in Tomcat 7 WebappClassLoaderBase?
>
> The difference isn't intentional but I suspect the fix for 7.0.x will
> require a more complex patch. I'd expect the fix to be based around the
> DirContext.

I'll think about this.

Thanks,
Violeta

> Mark
>
>
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