The WEB-INF way is the standard practice. You can also assign an impossible role to these folders in web.xml.
On May 20, 7:10 pm, Peter <appministra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > After toying with App Engine for a few hours, I've found that in order > to hide a static file from the web content path you have to go through > the following two steps. > > First, since App Engine has a special way to serve the static file, > you have to add the xml below to appengine-web.xml to exclude it from > being treated as static file. > > <static-files> > <exclude path="/**.xhtml" /> > </static-files> > > [from the doc: "Many web applications have files that are served > directly to the user's browser, such as images, CSS stylesheets, or > browser JavaScript code. These are known as static files because they > do not change, and can benefit from web servers dedicated just to > static content. App Engine serves static files from dedicated servers > and caches."] > > Second, create a filter to stop the web container from serving the > file from the web content path. > > <filter> > <filter-name>restrict</filter-name> > <filter-class>myapp.RestrictAccessFilter</filter-class> > </filter> > > <filter-mapping> > <filter-name>restrict</filter-name> > <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern> > </filter-mapping> > > I'd like to know if there are simpler ways to achieve the same > result. (I know files in WEB-INF are always hidden but there are > times that it is not that convenient e.g. JSF :-) > > Peter > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine for Java" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine-j...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine-java+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine-j...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine-java+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.
