Method main

java/org/apache/catalina/startup/Bootstrap.java:441–511

Main method and entry point when starting Tomcat via the provided scripts. @param args Command line arguments to be processed

(String[] args)

     * @param args Command line arguments to be processed
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        synchronized (daemonLock) {
            if (daemon == null) {
                // Don't set daemon until init() has completed
                Bootstrap bootstrap = new Bootstrap();
                try {
                    bootstrap.init();
                } catch (Throwable t) {
                    handleThrowable(t);
                    log.error("Init exception", t);
                    return;
                }
                daemon = bootstrap;
            } else {
                // When running as a service the call to stop will be on a new
                // thread so make sure the correct class loader is used to
                // prevent a range of class not found exceptions.
                Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(daemon.catalinaLoader);
            }
        }

        try {
            String command = "start";
            if (args.length > 0) {
                command = args[args.length - 1];
            }

            switch (command) {
                case "startd":
                    args[args.length - 1] = "start";
                    daemon.load(args);
                    daemon.start();
                    break;
                case "stopd":
                    args[args.length - 1] = "stop";
                    daemon.stop();
                    break;
                case "start":
                    daemon.setAwait(true);
                    daemon.load(args);
                    daemon.start();
                    if (null == daemon.getServer()) {
                        System.exit(1);
                    }
                    break;
                case "stop":
                    daemon.stopServer(args);
                    break;
                case "configtest":
                    daemon.load(args);
                    if (null == daemon.getServer()) {
                        System.exit(1);
                    }
                    System.exit(0);
                    break;
                default:
                    log.warn("Bootstrap: command \"" + command + "\" does not exist.");