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Re: ServerEnvironment.getDomainRoot() vs. ServerEnvironment.getInstanceRoot()

From: Byron Nevins <byron.nevins_at_oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 17:42:29 -0700

     @Override
     public File getDomainRoot() {
         return getInstanceRoot();

On 5/14/2010 5:08 PM, Bill Shannon wrote:
> Can someone tell me what the intended semantic difference is between
> ServerEnvironment.getDomainRoot() and
> ServerEnvironment.getInstanceRoot()?
getDomainRoot should have never existed. It makes no sense for non-DAS
servers to know DAS' root-dir. getInstanceRoot () makes sense for any
GF server.

getDomainRoot is used in 105 java files unfortunately. I attached the
list FYI

> Right now they both return the same value, at least for the DAS.
> Would they return different values in a server instance?
No -- both methods always return the same thing.
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