1 <html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>The Apache Tomcat Connector - Miscellaneous Documentation - How to Contribute to the Documentation</title><meta name="author" value="Robert Sowders"><meta name="email" value="rsowders@usgs.gov"><link href="../../style.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"></head><body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#525D76" alink="#525D76" vlink="#525D76"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4"><!--PAGE HEADER--><tr><td colspan="2"><!--TOMCAT LOGO--><a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/"><img src="../../images/tomcat.gif" align="left" alt="Apache Tomcat" border="0"></a><!--APACHE LOGO--><a href="http://www.apache.org/"><img src="http://www.apache.org/images/asf-logo.gif" align="right" alt="Apache Logo" border="0"></a></td></tr><!--HEADER SEPARATOR--><tr><td colspan="2"><hr noshade size="1"></td></tr><tr><!--RIGHT SIDE MAIN BODY--><td width="80%" valign="top" align="left"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4"><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><h1>The Apache Tomcat Connector - Miscellaneous Documentation</h1><h2>How to Contribute to the Documentation</h2></td><td align="right" valign="top" nowrap="true"><img src="../../images/void.gif" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Introduction"><strong>Introduction</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
3 This document describes how you can easily contribute to the
4 documentation. I'm going to try to make it easy for everyone to help out with
5 the documentation of Tomcat, more specifically the documentation for the
6 connectors. This is written from a windows user perspective as I believe they
7 will most benefit from it. For people using Unix it should be easy for them to
8 apply these steps. Just substitute Unix syntax where needed.
11 The documentation is produced using xml with xsl style sheets. This
12 effectivly seperates the content of the documents from the style, so all that
13 contributers need to worry about the content. It is much easier to use than
17 It's all really quite simple. Here is what you will need:
20 <b>A recent version of Ant</b>
23 <b>The source code for the connectors from subversion</b>
26 <b>Any ascii text editor</b>
30 </blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Getting Started Step by Step"><strong>Getting Started Step by Step</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
32 After you get these tools they are simple to set up.
34 <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="STEP 1. Get Ant"><strong>STEP 1. Get Ant</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
36 Install <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Ant</a>. The only advice I
37 have is to choose a simple installation path. Now set an environment variable
38 for ANT_HOME, and then add the location of the Ant/bin directory to your PATH
39 variable. Consult your Operating system documentation for information on how
40 to do this. When you are finished verify that you can run ant from the command
44 Ant is used to build the documentation, among other things, and it must be
45 able to see a file called <b>build.xml</b>. This file is located in the
46 <b>xdocs</b> directory. In the
47 <b>build.xml</b> file there is a target named <b>all</b> that will be used to build
50 </blockquote></td></tr></table>
51 <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="STEP 2. Get the sources"><strong>STEP 2. Get the sources</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
54 <a href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/jk/trunk/">tomcat-connectors</a>
55 from the subversion repository. If you'll
56 be editing from a windows platform you will need a windows subversion client. There
57 are several available. I like <a href="http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/">turtoiseSVN</a>.
58 Unix users should install the subversion client of their choice,
59 if they don't already have one.
62 You are ready to download the sources now. Change directory to the
63 location where you want your repository to be. For simplicity we will call this
64 your <b>SVN_HOME</b>. Mine is located in C:\build.
67 Run the following command to <b>checkout</b> the sources for the first time.
68 You should only need to do this once.
69 <p class="screen"><div align="left"><table width="80%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td bgcolor="#000000" align="left"><code class="screen"><nobr> </nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>C:\build\>svn checkout http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/jk/trunk/
70 tomcat-connectors</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr> </nobr></code><br></td></tr></table></div></p>
73 You should now be watching all the downloads come in. Now that you have
74 the sources on your machine the hard part is over. From now on, to update your
75 sources all you have to do is cd into any directory in your repository and run
76 the <b>svn update</b> command.
77 <p class="screen"><div align="left"><table width="80%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td bgcolor="#000000" align="left"><div class="screen"> To update your xdocs directory simply cd into the xdocs directory
78 and:</div><code class="screen"><nobr>C:\build\tomcat-connectors\>cd xdocs</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>C:\build\tomcat-connectors\xdocs\>svn update</nobr></code><br></td></tr></table></div></p>
80 </blockquote></td></tr></table>
81 <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="STEP 3. Test your build environment"><strong>STEP 3. Test your build environment</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
83 Open a command prompt window and cd to the directory where you downloaded
84 the source. Now cd into the xdocs directory so that <b>Ant</b> can see the
85 <b>build.xml</b> file. Then from a command prompt, run the following:
86 <p class="screen"><div align="left"><table width="80%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td bgcolor="#000000" align="left"><code class="screen"><nobr> </nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>C:\build\tomcat-connectors>cd xdocs</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>C:\build\tomcat-connectors\xdocs>ant all</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr> </nobr></code><br></td></tr></table></div></p>
89 You should see the ant compiler messages scrolling by rapidly and then stop
91 <p class="screen"><div align="left"><table width="80%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td bgcolor="#000000" align="left"><code class="screen"><nobr>[style] Transforming into C:\build\tomcat-connectors\build\docs\news\printer></nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>[style] Processing C:\build\tomcat-connectors\xdocs\news\20041100.xml
92 to</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>C:\build\tomcat-connectors\build\docs\news/20041100.html</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>[style] Loading stylesheet C:\build\tomcat-connectors\xdocs\style.xsl</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>[style] Processing C:\build\tomcat-connectors\xdocs\news\20050101.xml
93 to</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>C:\build\tomcat-connectors\build\docs\news/20050101.html</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>[style] Processing C:\build\tomcat-connectors\xdocs\news\20060101.xml
94 to</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>C:\build\tomcat-connectors\build\docs\news/20060101.html</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>[style] Transforming into C:\build\tomcat-connectors\build\docs></nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>[style] Processing C:\build\tomcat-connectors\xdocs\index.xml
95 to</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>C:\build\tomcat-connectors\build\docs\index.html</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>[style] Loading stylesheet C:\build\tomcat-connectors\xdocs\style.xsl</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr> </nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>BUILD SUCCESSFUL</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>Total time: 10 seconds</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>C:\build\tomcat-connectors></nobr></code><br></td></tr></table></div></p>
98 All the xml files present in the xdocs directory structure were transformed
99 to html and copied to the <b>SVN_HOME\tomcat-connectors\build\docs</b>
100 directory. Open one of the
101 html files in your browser and see how it looks.
103 </blockquote></td></tr></table>
104 <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="STEP 4. The editing process."><strong>STEP 4. The editing process.</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
106 I find it easier to use two windows while doing my updates. One I call my
107 <b>build</b> window. I keep this one in the <b>SVN_HOME\tomcat-connectors\xdocs</b>
108 directory and I only run two commands in this window:
109 <p class="screen"><div align="left"><table width="80%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td bgcolor="#000000" align="left"><code class="screen"><nobr> </nobr></code><br><div class="screen"> First I run</div><code class="screen"><nobr>ant clean</nobr></code><br><div class="screen"> Then I run</div><code class="screen"><nobr>ant all</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr> </nobr></code><br></td></tr></table></div></p>
112 My second window I call my <b>edit</b> window and I keep that one in the
113 <b>SVN_HOME\tomcat-connectors\xdocs</b> directory where I'm doing my
114 edits, diffs and svn updates.
117 Before you start editing you should always update your local repository to
119 <p class="screen"><div align="left"><table width="80%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td bgcolor="#000000" align="left"><div class="screen"> You only need to update the xdocs directory</div><code class="screen"><nobr>C:\build\tomcat-connectors>cd xdocs</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>C:\build\tomcat-connectors\xdocs></nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>C:\build\tomcat-connectors\xdocs>svn update</nobr></code><br></td></tr></table></div></p>
122 Now that your repository is up to date you can begin editing. Find
123 something in the documentation to edit. When you find something remember the
124 name of the file. In your <b>edit</b> window find and edit the xml source file
125 with the same name. After you are done return to the <b>build</b> window, and
126 in the <b>SVN_HOME\tomcat-connectors\xdocs</b> directory run:
127 <p class="screen"><div align="left"><table width="80%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td bgcolor="#000000" align="left"><code class="screen"><nobr> </nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>C:\build\tomcat-connectors\xdocs> ant clean</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr> </nobr></code><br></td></tr></table></div></p>
130 This will delete all the previous html files and make the area ready for
131 updated material. Now to make fresh documents that incorporate your changes
133 <p class="screen"><div align="left"><table width="80%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td bgcolor="#000000" align="left"><code class="screen"><nobr> </nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr>C:\build\tomcat-connectors\xdocs>ant all</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr> </nobr></code><br></td></tr></table></div></p>
136 Use your browser to view the edits you just made, they will be in the
137 <b>SVN_HOME\tomcat-connectors\build\docs</b> sub-tree. If it looks
138 good and is ready to go,
139 all that is left to do is to create a patch and submit it.
141 </blockquote></td></tr></table>
142 <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="STEP 5. Creating a patch and submitting it."><strong>STEP 5. Creating a patch and submitting it.</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
144 From your <b>edit</b> window cd into the directory that contains the xml
145 file you are working on, and run the <b>svn update</b> command. For example,
146 to produce a diff of the index.xml file and call it patch.txt, you
147 would cd into the directory containing the index.xml file and:
148 <p class="screen"><div align="left"><table width="80%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td bgcolor="#000000" align="left"><code class="screen"><nobr>C:\build\tomcat-connectors\xdocs\>svn diff index.xml >
149 patch.txt.</nobr></code><br><code class="screen"><nobr> </nobr></code><br></td></tr></table></div></p>
152 Now that you have your patch you are ready to send it in.
155 Patches to the documentation are handled just like a bug report. You
156 should submit your patches to <a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/">http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/</a>
157 and include a good one line subject. If this is your first time to use the
158 bug database then you should read <a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/bugwritinghelp.html">http://issues.apach
159 e.org/bugzilla/bugwritinghelp.html.</a> You will need to create a user
160 account. At the web site paste your patch into the web form and don't forget
161 to describe what it is your patch is for. Sooner or later a someone with
162 commit privileges will review your suggestion.
164 </blockquote></td></tr></table>
165 </blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Subversion Basics"><strong>Subversion Basics</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
167 After you have checked out the sources the first time it is much easier to
168 use subversion. You can cd into any directory of the repository and run <b>svn
169 update</b> to get the latest sources for that directory. For editing
170 purposes you should always update your repository before you start editing to
174 You will need to run <b>svn diff</b> to generate patches for submission.
175 Again cd into the directory containing the file you are editing and run <b>svn
176 diff name_of_the_file_you_edited > patch.txt</b> to generate a patch for
180 Pay attention to the terminal window during the update.
183 Lines begining with a <b>A</b> indicate files that have been added.
186 Lines begining with a <b>D</b> indicate files that have been deleted.
189 Lines begining with a <b>U</b> mean the local copy was patched to update it
190 to the current version in the master repository.
193 Lines begining with a <b>G</b> mean your local copy is different from the
194 master copy, and the changes were successfully merged into your copy.
197 Lines begining with a <b>C</b> mean there was a conflict in merging the
198 changes and you need to review the file and merge the changes manually. Search
199 for >>>> and merge the changes.
202 Lines begining with a <b>?</b> indicate files that reside on your local
203 system which are not part of the repository. You will normally see this when
204 you are creating new files for submission.
206 </blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Updating Web site"><strong>Updating Web site</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
208 Only Committers are able to update the web site (http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/).
211 <li>Connect to people.apache.org.</li>
213 <li>Copy the changed files to /www/tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/.</li>
214 <li>or use ant from a checkout tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs repository:<br>
215 ant -Dbuild.dir=/www/tomcat.apache.org -Ddist.name=connectors-doc
217 <li>The changes need around 4 hours to be synced to tomcat.apache.org.</li>
220 </blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Guides and Resources"><strong>Guides and Resources</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
222 A little help to get you started if you need it
226 <a href="http://www.xml.org/xml/resources_focus_beginnerguide.shtml">XML
230 <a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/">Bugzilla</a>
233 <a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugwritinghelp.html">Bugzilla Bug
237 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Ant</a>
240 <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/">Subversion Home</a>
243 <a href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs/">JK Docs repository</a>
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