Metacat

Properly initialize the servlet context when starting alternate servlets, which makes sure that the configuration files have been loaded and config properties are available.

do not read from the inputstream before passing it off to the SAXParser

Fix for Bug #4637 - Metacat Harvester fails to catch some insert and update failures. As per comments in the bug entry, the Metacat Harvester logic has been modified to examine the Metacat client return string to confirm that it contains the substring "<success>" following an insert or update operation. It no longer considers just the absence of an exception as indicative of a successful operation.

Change location of PropertyService to properties directory

Create database and shared directories for database management code and shared code respectively.

Implement fix for Bug #4245: Harvester command line scripts don't execute.

Remove the configuration directory from the PropertyService constructor

Qualify harvester properties

Replace Options class with PropertyService

Create PropertyService using log directory instead of servlet context.