Web application external reference

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DBoy001 - 24 Aug 2005 20:41 GMT

Hi all !

Is it possible, on the server side of a web application (JSP) to
reference files (JSPs, TLDs, HTML, etc.) that are located outside of
the application directory ?

I'd like to centralize some files that are reused among many
applications and I can't find a way to do it...

Thank you !

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Roedy Green - 24 Aug 2005 20:48 GMT

>Is it possible, on the server side of a web application (JSP) to
>reference files (JSPs, TLDs, HTML, etc.) that are located outside of
>the application directory ?

What happens when you try?

That would be a clue to relaxing any restrictions.

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DBoy001 - 24 Aug 2005 21:37 GMT

Hmm.. I wasn't clear with my question...

I suppose I could reference the external files directly
(c:\commondir\commonfile.jsp) but that wouldn't be very portable and it
would be a pain to maintain...

So I'm wondering if there is a way (following best practices as much as
possible) to create a directory mapping which I could use as a
reference to the directory from all applications running on the same
server.

What I need is a clue of where to define such a mapping (JNDI, server
variable, config file ????).

Thanks !

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Roedy Green - 25 Aug 2005 06:52 GMT

>What I need is a clue of where to define such a mapping (JNDI, server
>variable, config file ????).

That could be just a list of directory names or perhaps more
conveniently Files pointing to Dirs.

That could be just a little class of static finals. If you want to
get fancy you could back it with a Properties file.

I am a big fan of using Java source itself for scripting rarely
changed configuration files. You get excellent error checking,
extreme flexibility, computation and no parsers to write.

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Andrew Thompson - 25 Aug 2005 07:58 GMT

> Hmm.. I wasn't clear with my question...
>
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> So I'm wondering if there is a way (following best practices as much as
> possible) to create a directory mapping

ServletContext.getRealPath("/");
ServletContext.getRealPath("/commondir/commonfile.jsp");

HTH

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