RegistryHacking

This document is offers tips and tricks to help new developers get up to speed quickly.

JSP Editing w/o Recompile

Edit the docBase attribute of the <Context> tag in Registry.xml.tmp in your Registry working directory.

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Registry.xml.tmp before

<Context path="/Registry" 
    docBase="@TOMCAT_BASE@/Registry"
    debug="5"
    reloadable="false"
    crossContext="true">

Registry.xml.tmp after

<Context path="/Registry" 
    docBase="/home/philips/ockham/RegistryRelease/trunk/Registry"
    debug="5"
    reloadable="false"
    crossContext="true">

Jikes for JSP w/ Tomcat

Install Jikes using your favorite package manager:

Unable to find source-code formatter for language: debian. Available languages are: actionscript, html, java, javascript, none, sql, xhtml, xml

apt-get install jikes

Unable to find source-code formatter for language: gentoo. Available languages are: actionscript, html, java, javascript, none, sql, xhtml, xml

emerge dev-java/jikes

Edit your Tomcat install to use Jikes

Unable to find source-code formatter for language: $tomcat_home/conf/web.xml. Available languages are: actionscript, html, java, javascript, none, sql, xhtml, xml

<init-param>
   <param-name>jspCompilerPlugin</param-name>
   <param-value>org.apache.jasper.compiler.JikesJavaCompiler</param-value>
</init-param>

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