Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 1 Release Notes

Web Container

The following table lists the known issues in the web container of Web Server.

Table 14 Known Issues in Web Container

Problem ID 

Description 

4858178 

Web container writes to stderr.

6349517 

Incorrect web application session statistics for MaxProcs > 1 mode.

Web Server runs in multi-process mode. The MaxProcs configuration variable in the magnus.conf is used to set the maximum number of processes. If the value for MaxProcs is set to greater than 1, the Web Server uses mmap-based session manager so that the session could be shared among different JVMs. While collecting statistics from multiple processes, web application MBeans provide session for individual MBeans. There is no way to find the true number of sessions by seeing individual MBean's web application session statistics.

 

6394715 

Web container deletes the disabled web application MBeans object.

When the web application is disabled by setting the <enabled> element to false in the server.xml file, the web container deletes the web application's MBeans and hence treats it as a closed or deleted web application. Since disabled objects are deleted, statistics are also lost.

6419070 

No information is logged in error logs at the finest log level on successful JNDI resource creation.

6422200 

com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse does 1 byte reads.

When reading the server.xml file, the first line containing the XML version number and the encoding is read 1 byte at a time.

6432870 

Servlet container collects statistics when stats enabled element is set to false in the server.xml file.

6440064 

Servlet container creates a thread per virtual server.

6472223 

Values of 'mail-resource' sub elements are not getting set on mail session object.

6487083 

NSAPIRequest.setupRequestFields is slow.

com.sun.webserver.connector.nsapi.NSAPIRequest.setupRequestFields is slow primarily because of excessive String-->byte and byte-->String conversion when parsing Cookie headers.

6493271 

Java garbage collector activity is higher in Web Server 7.0 when compared against Web Server 6.1.

The servlet container in Web Server 7.0 creates many Java objects. 

6497803 

If a servlet is mapped to req URI formed by partial req + welcome file, the behavior is wrong.

If a web container receives a valid partial request, the web container must examine the welcome file list defined in the deployment descriptor. The welcome file list is an ordered list of partial URLs with no trailing or leading /. The Web Server must append each welcome file in the order specified in the deployment descriptor to the partial request and check whether a static resource or a servlet in the WAR file is mapped to that request URI. The web container must send the request to the first resource in the WAR that matches.

6501184 

REQ_EXIT causes javax.servlet.ServletException.

6567124 

JSF Web Applications running on Web Server 7.0 may break when running on Web Server 7.0 Update 1.

Web Server 7.0 Update 1 ships with JavaServer Faces 1.2 technology. All JavaServer Faces web applications are expected to work with Web Server 7.0 Update 1 without any modifications. However, there are a few known compatibility issues with JavaServer Faces 1.2 and might require applications to be modified to address these incompatibilities. The incompatibilities are documented in the JavaServer Faces release notes at: https://javaserverfaces.dev.java.net/rlnotes/1.2_04/issues.html.

Java ES 5 Portal Server users are suggested to delay upgrading to Web Server 7.0 Update 1 until Java ES 5 Update 1 is released.