> From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net] > Subject: Re: servlet access to static resources (pictures) > > > We have defined some paths to static resources in the server.xml: > Where did you define these <Context> elements?
Looks like the OP was pretty specific about where... > > Is there a way to get the absolute paths of these folders in a > > servlet? > > Typically, one uses the request.getRealPath() method to find > context-relative paths on a filesystem. However, these are static-content only "webapps", there are no servlets in that context that can do a request.getRealPath(), which, as you noted, is a bad idea anyhow. > Instead, try looking at the request.getResource family of methods: Again, these are static-only "webapps", so there are no servlets or JSPs around to handle requests, other than Tomcat's DefaultServlet. > If you just want to serve static resources, why not use the > DefaultServlet, which already knows how to serve them? Clearly, the OP is already doing that. I suspect the actual problem is that there are other, real webapps that want to manipulate the static resources. Best I can think of is environment variables or Java system properties to allow specification of the locations on a JVM-wide basis. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers.
