source: src/test/java/geniusweb/partiesserver/EmbeddedTomcat.java@ 23

package geniusweb.partiesserver;

import java.io.File;

import org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException;
import org.apache.catalina.startup.Tomcat;

class EmbeddedTomcat {
        private Tomcat tomcat = new Tomcat();

        public void start() {
                try {
                        // If I don't want to copy files around then the base directory must be '.'
                        String baseDir = ".";
                        tomcat.setPort(8080);
                        tomcat.setBaseDir(baseDir);
                        tomcat.getHost().setAppBase(baseDir);
                        tomcat.getHost().setDeployOnStartup(true);
                        tomcat.getHost().setAutoDeploy(true);
                        tomcat.start();
                } catch (LifecycleException e) {
                        throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
        }

        public void stop() {
                try {
                        tomcat.stop();
                        tomcat.destroy();
                        // Tomcat creates a work folder where the temporary files are stored
                        // FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File("work"));
                } catch (LifecycleException e) {
                        throw new RuntimeException(e);
//              } catch (IOException e) {
//                      throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
        }

        public void deploy(String appName) {
                // tomcat.addWebapp(tomcat.getHost(), "/" + appName, new
                // File("src/main/webapp").getAbsolutePath());
                tomcat.addWebapp(tomcat.getHost(), "/" + appName, new File("src/main/webapp").getAbsolutePath());
        }

        public String getApplicationUrl(String appName) {
                return String.format("http://%s:%d/%s", tomcat.getHost().getName(), tomcat.getConnector().getLocalPort(),
                                appName);
        }
}