[Faisal Mahmoud]

Hi,

I have written a java web app deployed on Tomcat 5. When I startup Tomcat from MyEclipse, the server takes a long time to come up because it spits out alot of DEBUG level log messages about various tag elements it is validating. Examples of the message are like this:

DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} -   New match='web-app/mime-mapping'
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} -   Fire begin() for CallMethodRule[methodName=addMimeMapping, paramCount=2, paramTypes={java.lang.String, java.lang.String}]
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} - Pushing params
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} - characters(
        )
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} - startElement(,,extension)
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} -   Pushing body text '
        '
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} -   New match='web-app/mime-mapping/extension'
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} -   Fire begin() for CallParamRule[paramIndex=0, attributeName=null, from stack=false]
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} - characters(zip)
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} - endElement(,,extension)
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} -   match='web-app/mime-mapping/extension'
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} -   bodyText='zip'
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} -   Fire body() for CallParamRule[paramIndex=0, attributeName=null, from stack=false]
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} -   Popping body text '
        '
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} -   Fire end() for CallParamRule[paramIndex=0, attributeName=null, from stack=false]
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} - characters(
        )
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} - startElement(,,mime-type)
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} -   Pushing body text '
        
        '
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} -   New match='web-app/mime-mapping/mime-type'
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,759] {main} -   Fire begin() for CallParamRule[paramIndex=1, attributeName=null, from stack=false]
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,799] {main} - characters(application/zip)
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,799] {main} - endElement(,,mime-type)
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,799] {main} -   match='web-app/mime-mapping/mime-type'
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,799] {main} -   bodyText='application/zip'
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,799] {main} -   Fire body() for CallParamRule[paramIndex=1, attributeName=null, from stack=false]
 DEBUG [2005-12-16 13:42:09,799] {main} -   Popping body text '

This is annoying everytime I have to start up the server and it takes the server something like 3-4 mins to startup. In my server.xml I’ve put every instance of the debug attribute to 0. And my web.xml does not specify any debug levels. Can someone help me turn these offs. Also, I have added JSF, Spring and Hibernate capabilities to this project.

Below is my system summary:
*** Date: Fri Dec 16 13:42:37 PST 2005

*** System properties:
OS=WindowsXP
OS version=5.1
Java version=1.4.2_08

*** MyEclipse details:
MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench

Version: 4.0.3 GA
Build id: 20051025-4.0.3-GA

*** Eclipse details:
Eclipse SDK

Version: 3.1.1
Build id: M20050929-0840

Eclipse Platform

Version: 3.1.1
Build id: M20050929-0840

Eclipse RCP

Version: 3.1.1
Build id: M20050929-0840

Eclipse Java Development Tools

Version: 3.1.1
Build id: M20050929-0840

Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment

Version: 3.1.1
Build id: M20050929-0840

Eclipse Project SDK

Version: 3.1.1
Build id: M20050929-0840

Eclipse startup command=-os
win32
-ws
win32
-arch
x86
-launcher
C:\javadev\eclipse_3.1.1\eclipse.exe
-name
Eclipse
-showsplash
600
-exitdata
c80_58
-vm
C:\javadev\j2se\j2sdk1.4.2_08\bin\javaw.exe

[Scott Anderson]

That’s the first time I’ve seen messages like that so it’s definately not a default Tomcat setting. I typically just download and unzip a copy and use it without modification and this doesn’t occur. Can you try doing that and then seeing if the messages still occur with your web app? Somehow, it looks like Tomcat itself is in debug mode and I neither know how to turn that on or off.

[Greg]

I have seen these same type messages if I was using an incorrect version of JSTL. Are you using or deploying JSTL libraries?

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