Universal Install Path Format

An install path may be specified within an installed component reference, as described in the previous section. In these cases, the install path attribute specified is converted to universal format prior to resolving the installed component reference. In universal format, all occurrences of the master server's OS specific path separator within the install path are replaced by the “/”, and any trailing “/” is dropped. An exception is made for the root install path (“/”), which is not converted to the empty path.

When the Master Server is running on UNIX based systems, the affect of this conversion is minimal. Install paths that end with “/” will be treated as if no “/” is included. For example, both “/opt/apache/” and “/opt/apache” can be used to refer to the component installed in directory “/opt/apache”.

This conversion takes place because the install path of the installed component is also stored in universal format.