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It receives and processes <em>all</em> requests from one or more <strong>Connectors</strong>, and returns the completed response to the Connector for ultimate transmission back to the client.</p> <p>Exactly one <strong>Engine</strong> element MUST be nested inside a <a href="service.html">Service</a> element, following all of the corresponding Connector elements associated with this Service.</p> </blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Attributes"><strong>Attributes</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Common Attributes"><!--()--></a><a name="Common_Attributes"><strong>Common Attributes</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> <p>All implementations of <strong>Engine</strong> support the following attributes:</p> <table border="1" cellpadding="5"><tr><th width="15%" bgcolor="#023264"><font color="#ffffff">Attribute</font></th><th width="85%" bgcolor="#023264"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="center"><code class="attributeName">backgroundProcessorDelay</code></td><td align="left" valign="center"> <p>This value represents the delay in seconds between the invocation of the backgroundProcess method on this engine and its child containers, including all hosts and contexts. Child containers will not be invoked if their delay value is not negative (which would mean they are using their own processing thread). Setting this to a positive value will cause a thread to be spawn. After waiting the specified amount of time, the thread will invoke the backgroundProcess method on this engine and all its child containers. If not specified, the default value for this attribute is 10, which represent a 10 seconds delay.</p> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="center"><code class="attributeName">className</code></td><td align="left" valign="center"> <p>Java class name of the implementation to use. This class must implement the <code>org.apache.catalina.Engine</code> interface. If not specified, the standard value (defined below) will be used.</p> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="center"><strong><code class="attributeName">defaultHost</code></strong></td><td align="left" valign="center"> <p>The default host name, which identifies the <a href="host.html">Host</a> that will process requests directed to host names on this server, but which are not configured in this configuration file. This name MUST match the <code>name</code> attributes of one of the <a href="host.html">Host</a> elements nested immediately inside.</p> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="center"><code class="attributeName">jvmRoute</code></td><td align="left" valign="center"> <p>Identifier which must be used in load balancing scenarios to enable session affinity. The identifier, which must be unique across all Tomcat servers which participate in the cluster, will be appended to the generated session identifier, therefore allowing the front end proxy to always forward a particular session to the same Tomcat instance.</p> <p> Note that the <code>jvmRoute</code> can also be set using the <code>jvmRoute</code> system property. The <code>jvmRoute</code> set in an <code><Engine></code> attribute will override any <code>jvmRoute</code> system property. </p> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="center"><strong><code class="attributeName">name</code></strong></td><td align="left" valign="center"> <p>Logical name of this Engine, used in log and error messages. <em>When using multiple <a href="service.html">Service</a> elements in the same <a href="server.html">Server</a>, each Engine MUST be assigned a unique name.</em></p> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="center"><code class="attributeName">startStopThreads</code></td><td align="left" valign="center"> <p>The number of threads this <strong>Engine</strong> will use to start child <a href="host.html">Host</a> elements in parallel. The special value of 0 will result in the value of <code>Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors()</code> being used. Negative values will result in <code>Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() + value</code> being used unless this is less than 1 in which case 1 thread will be used. If not specified, the default value of 1 will be used. </p> </td></tr></table> </blockquote></td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Standard Implementation"><!--()--></a><a name="Standard_Implementation"><strong>Standard Implementation</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> <p>The standard implementation of <strong>Engine</strong> is <strong>org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine</strong>. It supports the following additional attributes (in addition to the common attributes listed above):</p> <table border="1" cellpadding="5"><tr><th width="15%" bgcolor="#023264"><font color="#ffffff">Attribute</font></th><th width="85%" bgcolor="#023264"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr></table> </blockquote></td></tr></table> </blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Nested Components"><!--()--></a><a name="Nested_Components"><strong>Nested Components</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> <p>You can nest one or more <a href="host.html">Host</a> elements inside this <strong>Engine</strong> element, each representing a different virtual host associated with this server. At least one <a href="host.html">Host</a> is required, and one of the nested <a href="host.html">Hosts</a> MUST have a name that matches the name specified for the <code>defaultHost</code> attribute, listed above.</p> <p>You can nest at most one instance of the following utility components by nesting a corresponding element inside your <strong>Engine</strong> element:</p> <ul> <li><a href="realm.html"><strong>Realm</strong></a> - Configure a realm that will allow its database of users, and their associated roles, to be shared across all <a href="host.html">Hosts</a> and <a href="context.html">Contexts</a> nested inside this Engine, unless overridden by a <a href="realm.html">Realm</a> configuration at a lower level.</li> </ul> </blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Special Features"><!--()--></a><a name="Special_Features"><strong>Special Features</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Logging"><strong>Logging</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> <p>An engine is associated with the <code>org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[enginename]</code> log category. Note that the brackets are actually part of the name, don't omit them.</p> </blockquote></td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Access Logs"><!--()--></a><a name="Access_Logs"><strong>Access Logs</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> <p>When you run a web server, one of the output files normally generated is an <em>access log</em>, which generates one line of information for each request processed by the server, in a standard format. Catalina includes an optional <a href="valve.html">Valve</a> implementation that can create access logs in the same standard format created by web servers, or in any number of custom formats.</p> <p>You can ask Catalina to create an access log for all requests processed by an <a href="engine.html">Engine</a>, <a href="host.html">Host</a>, or <a href="context.html">Context</a> by nesting a <a href="valve.html">Valve</a> element like this:</p> <div class="codeBox"><pre><code><Engine name="Standalone" ...> ... <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve" prefix="catalina_access_log." suffix=".txt" pattern="common"/> ... </Engine></code></pre></div> <p>See <a href="valve.html#Access_Logging">Access Logging Valves</a> for more information on the configuration attributes that are supported.</p> </blockquote></td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Lifecycle Listeners"><!--()--></a><a name="Lifecycle_Listeners"><strong>Lifecycle Listeners</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> <p>If you have implemented a Java object that needs to know when this <strong>Engine</strong> is started or stopped, you can declare it by nesting a <strong>Listener</strong> element inside this element. The class name you specify must implement the <code>org.apache.catalina.LifecycleListener</code> interface, and it will be notified about the occurrence of the corresponding lifecycle events. Configuration of such a listener looks like this:</p> <div class="codeBox"><pre><code><Engine name="Standalone" ...> ... <Listener className="com.mycompany.mypackage.MyListener" ... > ... </Engine></code></pre></div> <p>Note that a Listener can have any number of additional properties that may be configured from this element. Attribute names are matched to corresponding JavaBean property names using the standard property method naming patterns.</p> </blockquote></td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Request Filters"><!--()--></a><a name="Request_Filters"><strong>Request Filters</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> <p>You can ask Catalina to check the IP address, or host name, on every incoming request directed to the surrounding <a href="engine.html">Engine</a>, <a href="host.html">Host</a>, or <a href="context.html">Context</a> element. The remote address or name will be checked against configured "accept" and/or "deny" filters, which are defined using <code>java.util.regex</code> Regular Expression syntax. Requests that come from locations that are not accepted will be rejected with an HTTP "Forbidden" error. Example filter declarations:</p> <div class="codeBox"><pre><code><Engine name="Standalone" ...> ... <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteHostValve" allow=".*\.mycompany\.com|www\.yourcompany\.com"/> <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteAddrValve" deny="192\.168\.1\.\d+"/> ... </Engine></code></pre></div> <p>See <a href="valve.html#Remote_Address_Filter">Remote Address Filter</a> and <a href="valve.html#Remote_Host_Filter">Remote Host Filter</a> for more information about the configuration options that are supported.</p> </blockquote></td></tr></table> </blockquote></td></tr></table></td></tr><!--FOOTER SEPARATOR--><tr><td colspan="2"><hr noshade size="1"></td></tr><!--PAGE FOOTER--><tr><td colspan="2"><div align="center"><font color="#525D76" size="-1"><em> Copyright © 1999-2020, Apache Software Foundation </em></font></div></td></tr></table></body></html>