Package org.apache.catalina.startup
Class Tool
java.lang.Object
org.apache.catalina.startup.Tool
General purpose wrapper for command line tools that should execute in an environment with the common class loader
environment set up by Catalina. This should be executed from a command line script that conforms to the following
requirements:
- Passes the
catalina.home
system property configured with the pathname of the Tomcat installation directory. - Sets the system classpath to include
bootstrap.jar
and$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar
.
The command line to execute the tool looks like:
java -classpath $CLASSPATH org.apache.catalina.startup.Tool \ ${options} ${classname} ${arguments}
with the following replacement contents:
- ${options} - Command line options for this Tool wrapper. The following options are supported:
- -ant : Set the
ant.home
system property to corresponding to the value ofcatalina.home
(useful when your command line tool runs Ant). - -common : Add
common/classes
andcommon/lib
to the class loader repositories. - -server : Add
server/classes
andserver/lib
to the class loader repositories. - -shared : Add
shared/classes
andshared/lib
to the class loader repositories.
- -ant : Set the
- ${classname} - Fully qualified Java class name of the application's main class.
- ${arguments} - Command line arguments to be passed to the application's
main()
method.
- Author:
- Craig R. McClanahan
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Constructor Summary
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Method Summary
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Constructor Details
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Tool
public Tool()
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Method Details
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main
The main program for the bootstrap.- Parameters:
args
- Command line arguments to be processed
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