valve

Specifies a custom valve for this web application. You can define a valve for all the web applications on a specific virtual server. For details, see create-virtual-server(1).

Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the valve element.

Table C–156 valve Subelements

Element	Required	Description
description	zero or one	Specifies a text description of this element.
property (with attributes)	zero or more	Specifies a property, which has a name and a value.

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the valve element.

Table C–157 valve Attributes

Attribute	Default	Description
name	none	Specifies a unique name for the valve.
class-name	none	Specifies the fully qualified class name of the valve. The valve class must implement the org.apache.catalina.Valve interface from Tomcat or previous GlassFish Server releases, or the org.glassfish.web.valve.GlassFishValve interface from the current GlassFish Server release.

Example

><valve name="MyValve" classname="org.glassfish.extension.Valve">
   <property name="MyProperty1" value="MyValue1" />
   <property name="MyProperty2" value="MyValue2" />
</valve>