Nested web applications directory.

Question

I recently design the jsp development structure in my company.
It is basically contain two webapps which is productionLine webapp and developmentLine webapp.
In my developmentLine webapp contain several programmers. Each of them has their own user directory in developmentLine webapp but i face a trouble which is each subdirectory cannot run their servlet in WEB-INF.
In http://localhost/developmentLine/servlet/servletname is running fine but once i move the webapp into user directory then it cause the problem like http://localhost/development/John/servlet/servletname. It is not working. Any idea about it?
design jsp development structure based.
root
-> productionLine
\t -> HR
\t -> Admin
-> developmentLine
-> John
-> HR
-> webster
-> Admin
Is the tomcat support nested webapplication? else i think i need put entire servlet in the common library to shared among each web applications.
Edited by: webster on Nov 15, 2008 12:30 PM

Answer 1

Because my company didn't install the any Java Tools before. I need to install entire java development Tools and assigned each particular directories in Tomcat web server for each developer. what's mean of "hacked"?
I intent to put assigned each developer a userId directory in developmentLine directory. what i trying to do is allow each userId subdirectory in web application directory (i.e. ROOT, webdav, balancer and etc) to have their own servlet classes in WEB-INF directory.
cause my company required put all the source code into a single server. Their think it is much more easier to maintain.
so I am trying to install two tomcat in a server. I had change my http port, shutdown port and AJP port to 80, 89 and 85. When i try install a new Tomcat with same version into server, it pop up an error msg.
Failed to install Tomcat5 service.
Check your settings and permissions
Ignore and continue anyway (not recommended)
I choose ignore it, and continue install. Afterward my web application in port 80 change to 8080. I think it is replace the old tomcat server instead of running both tomcat together.
Any idea?
p/s: previous tomcat installation path is C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5 and another tomcat server installation path is C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.52.
Edited by: webster on Nov 17, 2008 10:39 AM