Hi, I just started to remove the getRealPath() calls from at least the CocoonServlet in the 2.1 branch. But we have one problem with this approach: Cocoon scans on startup the WEB-INF/lib directory for jar files and builds the class-path from this. Now I see no possibility to scan the directory if the war file is not unpacked. Or is there any chance?
Carsten > -----Original Message----- > From: Piroumian, Konstantin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 2:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [C2.0] Source resolution in servlet container > > > Hi, C2ers! > > According to Servlet 2.2 specification (paragraph 4.4): > <quot> > The ServletContext interface allows direct access to the static document > hierarchy of content > documents, such as HTML, GIF, and JPEG files, that are part of the web > application via the > following methods of the ServletContext interface: > . getResource > . getResourceAsStream > </quot> > > then: > <quot> > It is important to note that these methods give access to static resources > from whatever repository > the server uses. This hierarchy of documents may exist in a file > system, in > a web application archive > file, on a remote server, or some other location. > </quot> > > So, from this I can conclude that any other access to static resources is > not required to be supported. As I can see from the CocoonServlet.java > source, it uses calls like this in many places: > > final FileInputStream fis = new > FileInputStream(this.servletContext.getRealPath("/") + logkitConfig); > > This results in problems with servlet containers (or deployments) > that does > not extract files from WAR-archive and therefore the real path is > undefined > (is 'null') and CocoonServlet dies during initialization with NPE. > > Correct me if I am worng, but to be able to use Cocoon on any > servlet engine > that supports Servlet 2.2 specification several rules must be followed in > Cocoon architecture (this must be adapted for CLI): > . any access to static resources of the Web application, including > xsp/xml/xsl files, must be performed by getResource() and > getResourceAsStream methods > . any calls to other servlets must be performed by > RequestDispatcher.include() methods (e.g. JspServlet) > . use working (temporary) directory for any 'write' operations (e.g. > logging) > something else? > > Are there any comments on this? Will C2.0 be fixed (at least getRealPath() > issue) before releasing? > > Best regards, > > Konstantin Piroumian > Sr. Software engineer > > Protek Flagship LLC > Phone: + 7 095 795 0520 (add. 1288) > Fax: + 7 095 795 0525 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.protek.com > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
