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Use of getRealPath() prevents deployment in WAR or EAR file

           Summary: Use of getRealPath() prevents deployment in WAR or EAR
                    file
           Product: Axis
           Version: current (nightly)
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows NT/2K
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: Basic Architecture
        AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
        ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Under some application servers (tested with Weblogic 6.1), the current axis code
base cannot be deployed as part of a WAR or EAR file. This is because the
various calls to ServletContext.getRealPath() return null, as per the Java
documentation
(http://java.sun.com/j2ee/sdk_1.3/techdocs/api/javax/servlet/ServletContext.html#getResource(java.lang.String)).

When deployed as a WAR, the ServletContext.getResource() method should be used
instead.

This is an extension to bug 10512 which identified this problem in the
AxisServlet doGet() method, but not in the other areas in which getRealPath()
call occur.

A quick solution is to modify all classes that call geRealPath() to check to see
if the value returned was null. If it was null, then getResource() should be
called instead.

The following classes use getRealPath():

org.apache.axis.configuration.EngineConfigurationFactoryServlet
org.apache.axis.server.JNDIAxisServerFactory
org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet
org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase

When I modified the above classes, I was able to deploy and use Axis from within
a WAR file on Weblogic 6.1. 

I am not certain if using getResource() is sufficient or an optimal solution as
I have not had the time to fully investigate the problem and solution yet.

This problem will not occur on app servers such as Tomcat which allow
getRealPath() calls to work when the application is deployed as a jar.

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