itext servlet

I might re-open the possibility of self-hosting the servlet in the future, but not for a while. The service is updated pretty frequently, and until I get it panned out, people would have to re-deploy as often as I update the servlet in order for the module & service to communicate properly. I used to have a downloadable .war file so people could self-host, but I got too many support requests just on the "how to deploy on tomcat" bit every day -- based on each person's different hosting environment and specific issues -- compared to the couple tickets I got on the Drupal module every month, that it just wasn't worth keeping up with it. Also, I've converted the whole thing to Ruby & RJB so that I could work more comfortably, so the server setup is a whole new process these days.

So maybe, but not for a while.

Ok, I've been in the lab working on a version that will support the PHP/Java Bridge (which is supposed to be substantially faster than XML-RPC on localhost). I'll commit my work very soon with instructions on how to set this up with Tomcat, with a fallback on my server using XML-RPC if yours can't sport a java servlet container.

Very good news! I can't wait to try this out on my Tomcat server.
Thank You!!

ok, -dev now has this function, see README.txt. I'm gonna kick the tires a bit before making a release

Ok, fixed in 1.9. Hit me up if anyone has trouble setting this up.

Could we get the requirements in the readme.txt. I signed up with Dreamhost and purchased a PS and signed up for your serverice, but there are comments saying that Tomcat 5.5 is buggy or that 5.5. works or you need Tomcat 6, but for Tomcat 6 you need to upgrade to Debian Lenny. What are the requirements? Thanks.

I'll put some better comments in README.txt, sorry about that. In the meantime,

* If you sign up for the fillpdf-service (which you did), then there are not hosting requirements -- you're using my server instead (via xmlrpc). Should be working for you.
* If you want to host it yourself (which is sounds like you're trying to do?), then Tomcat 5.5 *or* 6 should work the same, you just have to get it working (can be a doozie to set up, just google "tomcat debian etch" or some-such, see http://ocdevel.com/blog/tomcat-6-dreamhost). Server requirements shouldn't matter, any ol' Tomcat and Linux flavor should work, plus PHP/Java Bridge