Apache Tomcat 7 Configuration Reference (7.0.67) - The Service Component
Author: Craig R. McClanahan

| # Apache Tomcat 7 Version 7.0.67, Dec 7 2015 |

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Table of Contents
Introduction Attributes Common Attributes Standard Implementation Nested Components Special Features
Introduction
A Service element represents the combination of one or more Connector components that share a single Engine component for processing incoming requests. One or more Service elements may be nested inside a Server element.
Attributes
> Common Attributes
> > All implementations of Service support the following attributes:
> > Attribute | Description
> > --- | ---
> > `className` | Java class name of the implementation to use. This class must implement the `org.apache.catalina.Service` interface. If no class name is specified, the standard implementation will be used.
> > `name` | The display name of this Service, which will be included in log messages if you utilize standard Catalina components. The name of each Service that is associated with a particular Server must be unique.
> Standard Implementation
> > The standard implementation of Service is org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService. It supports the following additional attributes (in addition to the common attributes listed above):
> > Attribute | Description
> > --- | ---
Nested Components
The only components that may be nested inside a Service element are one or more Connector elements, followed by exactly one Engine element.
Special Features
There are no special features associated with a Service.
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