Log Message:
Update to 8.0.44

Changelog:
Tomcat 8.0.44 (violetagg)
General

    Add: Allow to exclude JUnit test classes using the build property \ 
test.exclude and document the property in BUILDING.txt. (rjung)

Catalina

    Fix: 60940: Improve the handling of the META-INF/ and META-INF/MANIFEST.MF \ 
entries for Jar files located in /WEB-INF/lib when running a web application \ 
from a packed WAR file. (markt)
    Fix: Pre-load the ExceptionUtils class. Since the class is used extensively \ 
in error handling, it is prudent to pre-load it to avoid any failure to load \ 
this class masking the true problem during error handling. (markt)
    Fix: Review those places where Tomcat re-encodes a URI or URI component and \ 
ensure that that correct encoding (path differs from query string) is applied \ 
and that the encoding is applied consistently. (markt)
    Fix: Use a more reliable mechanism for the DefaultServlet when determining \ 
if the current request is for custom error page or not. (markt)
    Fix: Ensure that when the Default or WebDAV servlets process an error \ 
dispatch that the error resource is processed via the doGet() method \ 
irrespective of the method used for the original request that triggered the \ 
error. (markt)
    Fix: If a static custom error page is specified that does not exist or \ 
cannot be read, ensure that the intended error status is returned rather than a \ 
404 or 403. (markt)
    Fix: When the WebDAV servlet is configured and an error dispatch is made to \ 
a custom error page located below WEB-INF, ensure that the target error page is \ 
displayed rather than a 404 response. (markt)
    Add: 61047: Add MIME mapping for woff2 fonts in the default web.xml. Patch \ 
provided by Justin Williamson. (violetagg)
    Fix: Correct the logic that selects the encoding to use to decode the query \ 
string in the SSIServletExternalResolver so that the useBodyEncodingForURI \ 
attribute of the Connector is correctly taken into account. (markt)
    Fix: 61072: Respect the documentation statements that allow using the \ 
platform default secure random for session id generation. (remm)
    Fix: Correct the javadoc for \ 
o.a.c.connector.CoyoteAdapter#parseSessionCookiesId. Patch provided by John \ 
Andrew (XUZHOUWANG) via Github. (violetagg)

Jasper

    Fix: 60925: Improve the handling of access to properties defined by \ 
interfaces when a BeanELResolver is used under a SecurityManager. (markt)
    Update: 61057: Update to Eclipse JDT Compiler 4.6.3. (violetagg)
    Fix: 61065: Ensure that once the class is resolved by \ 
javax.el.ImportHandler#resolveClass it will be cached with the proper name. \ 
(violetagg)

WebSocket

    Fix: 61003: Ensure the flags for reading/writing in \ 
o.a.t.websocket.AsyncChannelWrapperSecure are correctly reset even if some \ 
exceptions occurred during processing. (markt/violetagg)

Web applications

    Add: Document test.threads option in BUILDING.txt. (kkolinko, rjung)
    Add: Add documents for maxIdleTime attribute to Channel Receiver docs. (kfujino)

jdbc-pool

    Code: Refactor the creating a constructor for a proxy class to reduce \ 
duplicate code. (kfujino)
    Fix: In StatementFacade, the method call on the statements that have been \ 
closed throw SQLException rather than NullPointerException. (kfujino)

Other

    Fix: Correct comments about Java 8 in Jre8Compat. Patch provided by fibbers \ 
via Github. (violetagg)
    Fix: 60932: Correctly escape single quotes when used in i18n messages. Based \ 
on a patch by Michael Osipov. (markt)
    Fix: Update the custom Ant task that integrates with the Symantec code \ 
signing service to use the now mandatory 2-factor authentication. (markt)