Constructor Detail

• ExtensionValidator

  public ExtensionValidator()

Method Detail

• validateApplication

  public static boolean validateApplication(DirContext dirContext,
                            Context context)
                                     throws IOException

  Runtime validation of a Web Application. This method uses JNDI to look up the resources located under a DirContext. It locates Web Application MANIFEST.MF file in the /META-INF/ directory of the application and all MANIFEST.MF files in each JAR file located in the WEB-INF/lib directory and creates an ArrayList of ManifestResource objects. These objects are then passed to the validateManifestResources method for validation.

  Parameters:

  dirContext - The JNDI root of the Web Application

  context - The context from which the Logger and path to the application

  Returns:

  true if all required extensions satisfied

  Throws:

  IOException - Error reading resources needed for validation

• addSystemResource

  public static void addSystemResource(File jarFile)
                                throws IOException

  Checks to see if the given system JAR file contains a MANIFEST, and adds it to the container's manifest resources.

  Parameters:

  jarFile - The system JAR whose manifest to add

  Throws:

  IOException - Error reading JAR file