Tomcat源码分析——server.xml文件的加载与解析

Posted 泰山不老生

tags:

篇首语:本文由小常识网(cha138.com)小编为大家整理,主要介绍了Tomcat源码分析——server.xml文件的加载与解析相关的知识,希望对你有一定的参考价值。

前言

作为Java程序员,对于tomcat的server.xml想必都不陌生。本文基于Tomcat7.0的Java源码,对server.xml文件是如何加载和解析进行分析。

加载过程分析

Bootstrap的load方法用于加载tomcat的server.xml,实际是通过反射调用Catalina的load方法,代码如下:
    /**
     * Load daemon.
     */
    private void load(String[] arguments)
        throws Exception {

        // Call the load() method
        String methodName = "load";
        Object param[];
        Class<?> paramTypes[];
        if (arguments==null || arguments.length==0) {
            paramTypes = null;
            param = null;
        } else {
            paramTypes = new Class[1];
            paramTypes[0] = arguments.getClass();
            param = new Object[1];
            param[0] = arguments;
        }
        Method method = 
            catalinaDaemon.getClass().getMethod(methodName, paramTypes);
        if (log.isDebugEnabled())
            log.debug("Calling startup class " + method);
        method.invoke(catalinaDaemon, param);

    }

Catalina的load方法实现如下:
    /**
     * Start a new server instance.
     */
    public void load() {

        long t1 = System.nanoTime();

        initDirs();

        // Before digester - it may be needed
        initNaming();

        // Create and execute our Digester
        Digester digester = createStartDigester();

        InputSource inputSource = null;
        InputStream inputStream = null;
        File file = null;
        try {
            file = configFile();
            inputStream = new FileInputStream(file);
            inputSource = new InputSource("file://" + file.getAbsolutePath());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // Ignore
        }
        if (inputStream == null) {
            try {
                inputStream = getClass().getClassLoader()
                    .getResourceAsStream(getConfigFile());
                inputSource = new InputSource
                    (getClass().getClassLoader()
                     .getResource(getConfigFile()).toString());
            } catch (Exception e) {
                // Ignore
            }
        }

        // This should be included in catalina.jar
        // Alternative: don't bother with xml, just create it manually.
        if( inputStream==null ) {
            try {
                inputStream = getClass().getClassLoader()
                .getResourceAsStream("server-embed.xml");
                inputSource = new InputSource
                (getClass().getClassLoader()
                        .getResource("server-embed.xml").toString());
            } catch (Exception e) {
                // Ignore
            }
        }
        
        if ((inputStream == null) && (file != null)) {
            log.warn("Can't load server.xml from " + file.getAbsolutePath());
            if (file.exists() && !file.canRead()) {
                log.warn("Permissions incorrect, read permission is not allowed on the file.");
            }
            return;
        }

        try {
            inputSource.setByteStream(inputStream);
            digester.push(this);
            digester.parse(inputSource);
            inputStream.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.warn("Catalina.start using "
                               + getConfigFile() + ": " , e);
            return;
        }

        // Stream redirection
        initStreams();

        // Start the new server
        try {
            getServer().init();
        } catch (LifecycleException e) {
            if (Boolean.getBoolean("org.apache.catalina.startup.EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE"))
                throw new java.lang.Error(e);
            else   
                log.error("Catalina.start", e);
            
        }

        long t2 = System.nanoTime();
        if(log.isInfoEnabled())
            log.info("Initialization processed in " + ((t2 - t1) / 1000000) + " ms");

    }

这里对上述代码进行分析:
1) initDirs方法用于对catalina.home和catalina.base的一些检查工作。
2) initNaming方法给系统设置java.naming.factory.url.pkgs和java.naming.factory.initial。在创建JNDI上下文时,使用Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY("java.naming.factory.initial")属性,来指定创建JNDI上下文的工厂类;Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES("java.naming.factory.url.pkgs")用在查询url中包括scheme方法id时创建对应的JNDI上下文,例如查询"java:/jdbc/test1"等类似查询上,即以冒号":"标识的shceme。Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES属性值有多个java 包(package)路径,其中以冒号":"分隔各个包路径,这些包路径中包括JNDI相关实现类。当在JNDI上下文中查找"java:"这类包括scheme方案ID的url时,InitialContext类将优先查找Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES属性指定的包路径中是否存在 scheme+"."+scheme + "URLContextFactory"工厂类(需要实现ObjectFactory接口),如果存在此工厂类,则调用此工厂类的getObjectInstance方法获得此scheme方案ID对应的jndi上下文,再在此上下文中继续查找对应的url。
3) createStartDigester方法创建并配置将要用来启动的Digester实例,并且设置一些列Rule,具体映射到server.xml。
4) 使用FileInputStream获取conf/server.xml配置文件输入流。
5) 将FileInputStream封装为InputSource,并且调用Digester的parse方法进行解析。
6) initStreams对输出流、错误流重定向。

7) 初始化server,具体实现本文不做分析。

规则

在正式介绍Digester的parse方法的解析过程前,我们先来掌握一些规则相关的内容。Tomcat将server.xml文件中的所有元素上的属性都抽象为Rule,以Server元素为例,在内存中对应Server实例,Server实例的属性值就来自于Server元素的属性值。通过对规则(Rule)的应用,最终改变Server实例的属性值。
Rule是一个抽象类,其中定义了以下方法:
  • getDigester:获取Digester实例;
  • setDigester:设置Digester实例;
  • getNamespaceURI:获取Rule所在的相对命名空间URI;
  • setNamespaceURI:设置Rule所在的相对命名空间URI;
  • begin(String namespace, String name, Attributes attributes):此方法在遇到一个匹配的XML元素的开头时被调用,如:<Server>。
  • body(String namespace, String name, String text):在遇到匹配XML元素的body时,此方法被调用,如进入<Server>标签内部时。
  • end(String namespace, String name):此方法在遇到一个匹配的XML元素的末尾时被调用。如:</Server>。
Rule目前有很多实现类,如:NodeCreateRule、AbsoluteOrderingRule、CallParamRule、ConnectorCreateRule等。下图展示了Rule的部分实现类:
技术分享
这里以最常用的几个规则表示Rule的类继承体系,如下图:
技术分享

SAX(Simple API for XML)

相比于 DOM 而言 SAX 是一种速度更快,更有效,占用内存更少的解析 XML 文件的方法。它是逐行扫描,可以做到边扫描边解析,因此 SAX 可以在解析文档的任意时刻停止解析。SAX 是基于事件驱动的。SAX 不用解析完整个文档,在按内容顺序解析文档过程中, SAX 会判断当前读到的字符是否符合 XML 文件语法中的某部分。如果符合某部分,则会触发事件。所谓触发事件,就是调用一些回调方法。在用 SAX 解析 xml 文档时候,在读取到文档开始和结束标签时候就会回调一个事件,在读取到其他节点与内容时候也会回调一个事件。在 SAX 接口中,事件源是 org.xml.sax 包中的 XMLReader ,它通过 parser() 方法来解析 XML 文档,并产生事件。事件处理器是 org.xml.sax 包中 ContentHander 、 DTDHander 、 ErrorHandler ,以及 EntityResolver 这 4 个接口。

事件处理器 事件处理器处理的事件 XMLReader 注册方法 
ContentHander XML 文档的开始与结束 setContentHandler(ContentHandler h) 
DTDHander 处理 DTD 解析 setDTDHandler(DTDHandler h) 
ErrorHandler  处理 XML 时产生的错误 setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler h) 
EntityResolver  处理外部实体  setEntityResolver(EntityResolver e)  

我们用来做内容解析的回调方法一般都定义在 ContentHandler 接口中 。ContentHandler 接口常用的方法:

  • startDocument() :当遇到文档的开头的时候,调用这个方法,可以在其中做一些预处理的工作。 
  • endDocument() :当文档结束的时候,调用这个方法,可以在其中做一些善后的工作。   
  • startElement(String namespaceURI, String localName,String qName, Attributes atts):当读到开始标签的时候,会调用这个方法。 namespaceURI 就是命名空间, localName 是不带命名空间前缀的标签名, qName 是带命名空间前缀的标签名。通过 atts 可以得到所有的属性名和相应的值。 
  • endElement(String uri, String localName, String name):在遇到结束标签的时候,调用这个方法。
  • characters(char[] ch, int start, int length):这个方法用来处理在 XML 文件中读到的内容。例如: <high  data="30"/> 主要目的是获取 high 标签中的值。
使用 SAX 解析 XML 文件一般有以下五个步骤: 
1 、创建一个 SAXParserFactory 对象; 
2 、调用 SAXParserFactory 中的 newSAXParser 方法创建一个 SAXParser 对象; 
3 、然后在调用 SAXParser 中的 getXMLReader 方法获取一个 XMLReader 对象;
4 、实例化一个 DefaultHandler 对象;
5 、连接事件源对象 XMLReader 到事件处理类 DefaultHandler 中;
6 、调用 XMLReader 的 parse 方法从输入源中获取到的 xml 数据;
7 、通过 DefaultHandler 返回我们需要的数据集合。

解析过程分析

在[《Tomcat源码分析——server.xml文件的加载》](http://www.atatech.org/articles/41128)一文中介绍Catalina的load方法时,遇见了createStartDigester方法,它的实现如代码清单1:
代码清单1
    /**
     * Create and configure the Digester we will be using for startup.
     */
    protected Digester createStartDigester() {
        long t1=System.currentTimeMillis();
        // Initialize the digester
        Digester digester = new Digester();
        digester.setValidating(false);
        digester.setRulesValidation(true);
        HashMap<Class<?>, List<String>> fakeAttributes =
            new HashMap<Class<?>, List<String>>();
        ArrayList<String> attrs = new ArrayList<String>();
        attrs.add("className");
        fakeAttributes.put(Object.class, attrs);
        digester.setFakeAttributes(fakeAttributes);
        digester.setClassLoader(StandardServer.class.getClassLoader());


        // Configure the actions we will be using
        digester.addObjectCreate("Server",
                                 "org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer",
                                 "className");
        digester.addSetProperties("Server");
        digester.addSetNext("Server",
                            "setServer",
                            "org.apache.catalina.Server");


        digester.addObjectCreate("Server/GlobalNamingResources",
                                 "org.apache.catalina.deploy.NamingResources");
        digester.addSetProperties("Server/GlobalNamingResources");
        digester.addSetNext("Server/GlobalNamingResources",
                            "setGlobalNamingResources",
                            "org.apache.catalina.deploy.NamingResources");


        digester.addObjectCreate("Server/Listener",
                                 null, // MUST be specified in the element
                                 "className");
        digester.addSetProperties("Server/Listener");
        digester.addSetNext("Server/Listener",
                            "addLifecycleListener",
                            "org.apache.catalina.LifecycleListener");


        digester.addObjectCreate("Server/Service",
                                 "org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService",
                                 "className");
        digester.addSetProperties("Server/Service");
        digester.addSetNext("Server/Service",
                            "addService",
                            "org.apache.catalina.Service");


        digester.addObjectCreate("Server/Service/Listener",
                                 null, // MUST be specified in the element
                                 "className");
        digester.addSetProperties("Server/Service/Listener");
        digester.addSetNext("Server/Service/Listener",
                            "addLifecycleListener",
                            "org.apache.catalina.LifecycleListener");


        //Executor
        digester.addObjectCreate("Server/Service/Executor",
                         "org.apache.catalina.core.StandardThreadExecutor",
                         "className");
        digester.addSetProperties("Server/Service/Executor");


        digester.addSetNext("Server/Service/Executor",
                            "addExecutor",
                            "org.apache.catalina.Executor");


        
        digester.addRule("Server/Service/Connector",
                         new ConnectorCreateRule());
        digester.addRule("Server/Service/Connector", 
                         new SetAllPropertiesRule(new String[]{"executor"}));
        digester.addSetNext("Server/Service/Connector",
                            "addConnector",
                            "org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector");
        
        




        digester.addObjectCreate("Server/Service/Connector/Listener",
                                 null, // MUST be specified in the element
                                 "className");
        digester.addSetProperties("Server/Service/Connector/Listener");
        digester.addSetNext("Server/Service/Connector/Listener",
                            "addLifecycleListener",
                            "org.apache.catalina.LifecycleListener");


        // Add RuleSets for nested elements
        digester.addRuleSet(new NamingRuleSet("Server/GlobalNamingResources/"));
        digester.addRuleSet(new EngineRuleSet("Server/Service/"));
        digester.addRuleSet(new HostRuleSet("Server/Service/Engine/"));
        digester.addRuleSet(new ContextRuleSet("Server/Service/Engine/Host/"));
        digester.addRuleSet(ClusterRuleSetFactory.getClusterRuleSet("Server/Service/Engine/Host/Cluster/"));
        digester.addRuleSet(new NamingRuleSet("Server/Service/Engine/Host/Context/"));


        // When the 'engine' is found, set the parentClassLoader.
        digester.addRule("Server/Service/Engine",
                         new SetParentClassLoaderRule(parentClassLoader));
        digester.addRuleSet(ClusterRuleSetFactory.getClusterRuleSet("Server/Service/Engine/Cluster/"));


        long t2=System.currentTimeMillis();
        if (log.isDebugEnabled())
            log.debug("Digester for server.xml created " + ( t2-t1 ));
        return (digester);


    }

代码清单1首先创建Digester,Digester继承了DefaultHandler,而DefaultHandler默认实现了ContentHander、DTDHander、ErrorHandler及EntityResolver 这4个接口,代码如下:
public class DefaultHandler
    implements EntityResolver, DTDHandler, ContentHandler, ErrorHandler

如果阅读DefaultHandler的源码,发现它的所有实现都是空实现,看来要发挥解析作用,只能依靠Digester自己了。
代码清单2
    @Override
    public void startDocument() throws SAXException {


        if (saxLog.isDebugEnabled()) {
            saxLog.debug("startDocument()");
        }


        configure();
    }


    @Override
    public void endDocument() throws SAXException {


        if (saxLog.isDebugEnabled()) {
            if (getCount() > 1) {
                saxLog.debug("endDocument():  " + getCount() +
                             " elements left");
            } else {
                saxLog.debug("endDocument()");
            }
        }


        while (getCount() > 1) {
            pop();
        }


        // Fire "finish" events for all defined rules
        Iterator<Rule> rules = getRules().rules().iterator();
        while (rules.hasNext()) {
            Rule rule = rules.next();
            try {
                rule.finish();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                log.error("Finish event threw exception", e);
                throw createSAXException(e);
            } catch (Error e) {
                log.error("Finish event threw error", e);
                throw e;
            }
        }


        // Perform final cleanup
        clear();


    }


    @Override
    public void startElement(String namespaceURI, String localName,
                             String qName, Attributes list)
            throws SAXException {
        boolean debug = log.isDebugEnabled();
        
        if (saxLog.isDebugEnabled()) {
            saxLog.debug("startElement(" + namespaceURI + "," + localName + "," +
                    qName + ")");
        }
        
        // Parse system properties
        list = updateAttributes(list);
        
        // Save the body text accumulated for our surrounding element
        bodyTexts.push(bodyText);
        if (debug) {
            log.debug("  Pushing body text '" + bodyText.toString() + "'");
        }
        bodyText = new StringBuilder();


        // the actual element name is either in localName or qName, depending 
        // on whether the parser is namespace aware
        String name = localName;
        if ((name == null) || (name.length() < 1)) {
            name = qName;
        }


        // Compute the current matching rule
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(match);
        if (match.length() > 0) {
            sb.append('/');
        }
        sb.append(name);
        match = sb.toString();
        if (debug) {
            log.debug("  New match='" + match + "'");
        }


        // Fire "begin" events for all relevant rules
        List<Rule> rules = getRules().match(namespaceURI, match);
        matches.push(rules);
        if ((rules != null) && (rules.size() > 0)) {
            for (int i = 0; i < rules.size(); i++) {
                try {
                    Rule rule = rules.get(i);
                    if (debug) {
                        log.debug("  Fire begin() for " + rule);
                    }
                    rule.begin(namespaceURI, name, list);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    log.error("Begin event threw exception", e);
                    throw createSAXException(e);
                } catch (Error e) {
                    log.error("Begin event threw error", e);
                    throw e;
                }
            }
        } else {
            if (debug) {
                log.debug("  No rules found matching '" + match + "'.");
            }
        }


    }


    @Override
    public void endElement(String namespaceURI, String localName,
                           String qName) throws SAXException {


        boolean debug = log.isDebugEnabled();


        if (debug) {
            if (saxLog.isDebugEnabled()) {
                saxLog.debug("endElement(" + namespaceURI + "," + localName +
                        "," + qName + ")");
            }
            log.debug("  match='" + match + "'");
            log.debug("  bodyText='" + bodyText + "'");
        }


        // Parse system properties
        bodyText = updateBodyText(bodyText);


        // the actual element name is either in localName or qName, depending 
        // on whether the parser is namespace aware
        String name = localName;
        if ((name == null) || (name.length() < 1)) {
            name = qName;
        }


        // Fire "body" events for all relevant rules
        List<Rule> rules = matches.pop();
        if ((rules != null) && (rules.size() > 0)) {
            String bodyText = this.bodyText.toString();
            for (int i = 0; i < rules.size(); i++) {
                try {
                    Rule rule = rules.get(i);
                    if (debug) {
                        log.debug("  Fire body() for " + rule);
                    }
                    rule.body(namespaceURI, name, bodyText);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    log.error("Body event threw exception", e);
                    throw createSAXException(e);
                } catch (Error e) {
                    log.error("Body event threw error", e);
                    throw e;
                }
            }
        } else {
            if (debug) {
                log.debug("  No rules found matching '" + match + "'.");
            }
            if (rulesValidation) {
                log.warn("  No rules found matching '" + match + "'.");
            }
        }


        // Recover the body text from the surrounding element
        bodyText = bodyTexts.pop();
        if (debug) {
            log.debug("  Popping body text '" + bodyText.toString() + "'");
        }


        // Fire "end" events for all relevant rules in reverse order
        if (rules != null) {
            for (int i = 0; i < rules.size(); i++) {
                int j = (rules.size() - i) - 1;
                try {
                    Rule rule = rules.get(j);
                    if (debug) {
                        log.debug("  Fire end() for " + rule);
                    }
                    rule.end(namespaceURI, name);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    log.error("End event threw exception", e);
                    throw createSAXException(e);
                } catch (Error e) {
                    log.error("End event threw error", e);
                    throw e;
                }
            }
        }


        // Recover the previous match expression
        int slash = match.lastIndexOf('/');
        if (slash >= 0) {
            match = match.substring(0, slash);
        } else {
            match = "";
        }


    }

代码清单1中创建完Digester后,会调用addObjectCreate、addSetProperties、addSetNext方法陆续添加很多Rule,这些方法的实现如代码清单3:
    public void addObjectCreate(String pattern, String className,
                                String attributeName) {

        addRule(pattern,
                new ObjectCreateRule(className, attributeName));

    }


    public void addSetProperties(String pattern) {

        addRule(pattern,
                new SetPropertiesRule());

    }


    public void addSetNext(String pattern, String methodName,
                           String paramType) {

        addRule(pattern,
                new SetNextRule(methodName, paramType));

    }

从上述代码我们看到这三个方法分别创建ObjectCreateRule、SetPropertiesRule及SetNextRule。为了简化理解我们以Server相关的Rule为例,如代码清单4:
代码清单4

        digester.addObjectCreate("Server",
                                 "org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer",
                                 "className");
        digester.addSetProperties("Server");
        digester.addSetNext("Server",
                            "setServer",
                            "org.apache.catalina.Server");

根据代码清单3的实现,我们知道最终会创建ObjectCreateRule、SetPropertiesRule及SetNextRule,并且调用addRule方法。addRule方法首先调用getRules方法获取RulesBase,然后调用RulesBase的add方法。addRule方法的实现如下:
 public void addRule(String pattern, Rule rule) {


        rule.setDigester(this);
        getRules().add(pattern, rule);


    }


    public Rules getRules() {


        if (this.rules == null) {
            this.rules = new RulesBase();
            this.rules.setDigester(this);
        }
        return (this.rules);


    }

RulesBase的add方法的实现如下:

    public void add(String pattern, Rule rule) {
        // to help users who accidently add '/' to the end of their patterns
        int patternLength = pattern.length();
        if (patternLength>1 && pattern.endsWith("/")) {
            pattern = pattern.substring(0, patternLength-1);
        }
        
        
        List<Rule> list = cache.get(pattern);
        if (list == null) {
            list = new ArrayList<Rule>();
            cache.put(pattern, list);
        }
        list.add(rule);
        rules.add(rule);
        if (this.digester != null) {
            rule.setDigester(this.digester);
        }
        if (this.namespaceURI != null) {
            rule.setNamespaceURI(this.namespaceURI);
        }


    }

其中,cache的数据结构为HashMap<String,List<Rule>>,每个键值维护一个List<Rule>,由此可知,对Server标签来说,对应的Rule列表为ObjectCreateRule、SetPropertiesRule及SetNextRule。


Digester解析XML的入口是其parse方法,其处理步骤如下:
1.创建XMLReader ;
2.使用XMLReader解析XML。
parse方法的代码如下:

    public Object parse(InputSource input) throws IOException, SAXException {
 
        configure();
        getXMLReader().parse(input);
        return (root);

    }

getXMLReader方法调用getParser创建SAXParser ,然后调用SAXParser 的getXMLReader方法创建XMLReader ,代码如下:

    public XMLReader getXMLReader() throws SAXException {
        if (reader == null){
            reader = getParser().getXMLReader();
        }        
                               
        reader.setDTDHandler(this);           
        reader.setContentHandler(this);        
        
        if (entityResolver == null){
            reader.setEntityResolver(this);
        } else {
            reader.setEntityResolver(entityResolver);           
        }
        
        reader.setErrorHandler(this);
        return reader;
    }

getParser方法调用getFactory方法创建SAXParserFactory,然后调用SAXParserFactory的newSAXParser方法创建SAXParser ,代码如下:
    public SAXParser getParser() {


        // Return the parser we already created (if any)
        if (parser != null) {
            return (parser);
        }


        // Create a new parser
        try {
            parser = getFactory().newSAXParser();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error("Digester.getParser: ", e);
            return (null);
        }


        return (parser);


    }

getFactory方法使用SAX的API生成SAXParserFactory实例,代码如下:

    public SAXParserFactory getFactory()
    throws SAXNotRecognizedException, SAXNotSupportedException,
    ParserConfigurationException {


        if (factory == null) {
            factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
            factory.setNamespaceAware(namespaceAware);
            factory.setValidating(validating);
            if (validating) {
                // Enable DTD validation
                factory.setFeature(
                        "http://xml.org/sax/features/validation",
                        true);
                // Enable schema validation
                factory.setFeature(
                        "http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/schema",
                        true);
            }
        }
        return (factory);


    }

XMLReader解析XML时,会生成事件,回调Digester的startDocument方法,解析的第一个元素是Server,此时回调Digester的startElement方法,入参Attributes list即Server上的属性,如port、shutdown等,入参qName即为Server。startElement方法的代码如下:
   @Override
    public void startElement(String namespaceURI, String localName,
                             String qName, Attributes list)
            throws SAXException {
        boolean debug = log.isDebugEnabled();
        
        if (saxLog.isDebugEnabled()) {
            saxLog.debug("startElement(" + namespaceURI + "," + localName + "," +
                    qName + ")");
        }
        
        // Parse system properties
        list = updateAttributes(list);
        
        // Save the body text accumulated for our surrounding element
        bodyTexts.push(bodyText);
        if (debug) {
            log.debug("  Pushing body text '" + bodyText.toString() + "'");
        }
        bodyText = new StringBuilder();


        // the actual element name is either in localName or qName, depending 
        // on whether the parser is namespace aware
        String name = localName;
        if ((name == null) || (name.length() < 1)) {
            name = qName;
        }


        // Compute the current matching rule
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(match);
        if (match.length() > 0) {
            sb.append('/');
        }
        sb.append(name);
        match = sb.toString();
        if (debug) {
            log.debug("  New match='" + match + "'");
        }


        // Fire "begin" events for all relevant rules
        List<Rule> rules = getRules().match(namespaceURI, match);
        matches.push(rules);
        if ((rules != null) && (rules.size() > 0)) {
            for (int i = 0; i < rules.size(); i++) {
                try {
                    Rule rule = rules.get(i);
                    if (debug) {
                        log.debug("  Fire begin() for " + rule);
                    }
                    rule.begin(namespaceURI, name, list);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    log.error("Begin event threw exception", e);
                    throw createSAXException(e);
                } catch (Error e) {
                    log.error("Begin event threw error", e);
                    throw e;
                }
            }
        } else {
            if (debug) {
                log.debug("  No rules found matching '" + match + "'.");
            }
        }


    }

startElement方法的处理步骤如下:
1.match刚开始为空字符串,拼接Server后变为Server。
2.调用RulesBase的match方法,返回cache中按照键值Server匹配的ObjectCreateRule、SetPropertiesRule及SetNextRule。
3.循环列表依次遍历ObjectCreateRule、SetPropertiesRule及SetNextRule,并调用它们的begin方法。

ObjectCreateRule的begin方法将生成Server的实例(默认为"org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer",用户可以通过给Server标签指定className使用其它Server实现),最后将Server的实例压入Digester的栈中,代码如下:

    @Override
    public void begin(String namespace, String name, Attributes attributes)
            throws Exception {


        // Identify the name of the class to instantiate
        String realClassName = className;
        if (attributeName != null) {
            String value = attributes.getValue(attributeName);
            if (value != null) {
                realClassName = value;
            }
        }
        if (digester.log.isDebugEnabled()) {
            digester.log.debug("[ObjectCreateRule]{" + digester.match +
                    "}New " + realClassName);
        }


        // Instantiate the new object and push it on the context stack
        Class<?> clazz = digester.getClassLoader().loadClass(realClassName);
        Object instance = clazz.newInstance();
        digester.push(instance);


    }

SetPropertiesRule的begin方法首先将刚才压入栈中的Server实例出栈,然后给Server实例设置各个属性值,如port、shutdown等,代码如下:
    @Override
    public void begin(String namespace, String theName, Attributes attributes)
            throws Exception {
        
        // Populate the corresponding properties of the top object
        Object top = digester.peek();
        if (digester.log.isDebugEnabled()) {
            if (top != null) {
                digester.log.debug("[SetPropertiesRule]{" + digester.match +
                                   "} Set " + top.getClass().getName() +
                                   " properties");
            } else {
                digester.log.debug("[SetPropertiesRule]{" + digester.match +
                                   "} Set NULL properties");
            }
        }
        
        // set up variables for custom names mappings
        int attNamesLength = 0;
        if (attributeNames != null) {
            attNamesLength = attributeNames.length;
        }
        int propNamesLength = 0;
        if (propertyNames != null) {
            propNamesLength = propertyNames.length;
        }
        
        for (int i = 0; i < attributes.getLength(); i++) {
            String name = attributes.getLocalName(i);
            if ("".equals(name)) {
                name = attributes.getQName(i);
            }
            String value = attributes.getValue(i);
            
            // we'll now check for custom mappings
            for (int n = 0; n<attNamesLength; n++) {
                if (name.equals(attributeNames[n])) {
                    if (n < propNamesLength) {
                        // set this to value from list
                        name = propertyNames[n];
                    
                    } else {
                        // set name to null
                        // we'll check for this later
                        name = null;
                    }
                    break;
                }
            } 
            
            if (digester.log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                digester.log.debug("[SetPropertiesRule]{" + digester.match +
                        "} Setting property '" + name + "' to '" +
                        value + "'");
            }
            if (!digester.isFakeAttribute(top, name) 
                    && !IntrospectionUtils.setProperty(top, name, value) 
                    && digester.getRulesValidation()) {
                digester.log.warn("[SetPropertiesRule]{" + digester.match +
                        "} Setting property '" + name + "' to '" +
                        value + "' did not find a matching property.");
            }
        }


    }

SetNextRule的begin不做什么动作。当遇到Server的结束标签时,还会依次调用ObjectCreateRule、SetPropertiesRule及SetNextRule的end方法,不再赘述。所有元素的解析都与Server标签同理,最终将server.xml文件中设置的元素及其属性值,构造出tomcat中的容器,如:Server、Service、Connector等。











































































以上是关于Tomcat源码分析——server.xml文件的加载与解析的主要内容,如果未能解决你的问题,请参考以下文章

Tomcat源码解读系列——server.xml文件的配置

tomcat源码 Connector

知识小罐头08(tomcat8启动源码分析 上)

Tomcat--从入门到server.xml分析

tomcat 为啥改了server.xml后不起作用,.

Tomcat8源码学习之五Digester