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Martin,
On 2/24/17 12:37 PM, Martin Knoblauch wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 6:00 PM, Christopher Schultz <
> ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote:
>
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>> Martin,
>>
>> On 2/21/17 8:31 AM, Martin Knoblauch wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> is there a way to find the absolute path of the application
>>> root before the servlet is initialized?
>>>
>>> Alternatively: is there a way to defer the initialization of a
>>> datasource until the servlet is initialized?
>>>
>>> Background: I have extended
>>> "org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool.DataSourceFactory" to
>>> automatically set credentials so that they are not stored in
>>> the "Catalina/localhost/XXX.xml" file. Instead they are taken
>>> from encrypted values in a file below the application root.
>>> Works fine if I know that path at "createDataSource" time.
>>
>> Where are you configuring your <Resource>? In conf/server.xml or
>> in your application's META-INF/context.xml file?
>>
>
> conf/Catalina/localhost/XXX.xml
Good. If your custom DataSource can accept custom properties, then you
can add one with a dynamic path, like this:
<Resource name="myDB"
myCustomPathName="/path/to/the/secrets"
... />
In your code, you read that path and use it.
>>> In order to avoid hard coding that path, I need a programmatic
>>> to find that value. Unfortunately the datasource is initialized
>>> before the servlet, so "getRealPath()" is not working yet.
>>
>> getRealPath is a bad idea. Also, your DataSources will be
>> fully-configured before any servlets are initialized, so it's too
>> late.
>
> Correct :-( That is the problem I need(ed) to solve. Given enough
> assumptions about the deployment rules for this app, I was able to
> find a reliable way to deduce the AppRoot. But the fact that the DS
> is initialized before the/any servlet is still ugly.
You can use system property replacement in your Tomcat deployment
descriptor (META-INF/context.xml, or in your case
conf/Catalina/localhost/XXX.xml) to locate the file relative to
CATALINA_BASE like this:
<Resource myCustomPathName="${catalina.base}/webapps/XXX/secrets.dat"
... />
- -chris
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