Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP9 Administrator's Configuration File Reference

Variable Evaluation

Variables are evaluated when generating specific objectsets for individual virtual servers. Evaluation is recursive: variable values can contain other variables. For example:

...
<VSCLASS>
   ... 
   <VS ...> 
      ... 
      <PROPERTY name=docroot value="$docrootbase/nonjava/$id" > 
   </VS> 
   <VS...> 
      ... 
      <PROPERTY name=docroot value="$docrootbase/java/$id" > 
   </VS> 
   ... 
   <PROPERTY name=docrootbase value="/export" > 
</VSCLASS> 
...

Variables in subelements override variables in the parent elements. For example, it is possible to set a variable for a class of virtual servers and override it with a definition of the same variable in an individual virtual server.