Pattern pat = Pattern.compile("^.+/(.+)\\.war$");
Matcher mat = pat.matcher(warPath);
Assert.assertTrue(mat.matches(), "could not grab file name from war path");
String appName = mat.group(1);
String port = container.getConfiguration().getPropertyValue(ServletPropertySet.PORT);
HttpResult result = new HttpResult();
return new HttpUtils().ping(new URL("http://localhost:" + port + "/" + appName), result);
}