[Yanel-dev] Order of realm configuration resp. root attribute

[Michael Wechner]

Josias Thöny wrote:

> Michael Wechner wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have noticed that
>>
>> http://yanel.wyona.org/en/documentation/how-to-add-a-new-realm.html
>>
>> doesn't mention that the order within the realms.xml matters and also 
>> it doesn't say anything about the root="true" attribute which is 
>> being used by the root realm.
>
>
> Actually the order doesn't matter anymore.
> Now a request is being dispatched to the realm with the longest matching
> mount-point.
>
> e.g.:
>
> realm A, mount-point=/foo
>
> realm B, mount-point=/foo/bar
>
> then the request /foo/bar/hello.html will always go to realm B,
> regardless of the order of the realms in realms.xml.
>
>>
>> I will try to fix this. Re the root attribute: Is this actually 
>> necessary resp. what it's being used for if we consider the oder 
>> anyway and the realm at the bottom can be considered as root realm?
>
>
> IIRC the root attribute is used for inheritance. For example, if a realm
> does not specify a proxy configuration, it will inherit this
> configuration from the root realm.


thanks very much for the clarifications. Will add it to the documentation.

Thanks

Michi

>
> Josias
>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Michi
>>
>
>
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