Hi Folks, I think Cocoon is a very powerful framework and I respect all the hard work and effort that has gone into the making of Cocoon.
Now for my question :) Is the decision to use ServletConfig.getRealPath in cocoon a good design decision? From the Servlet 2.2 spec ..... "when the web application is executed from an archive, on a remote file system not accessible locally, or in a database, these methods must return null." BEA Weblogic returns null in a War file format (as most of you folks are probably aware already) and a ton of Cocoon users are screaming all over the place about not being able to deploy Cocoon in a war format. I wanna volunteer to try and fix (or is adapt the right word?) Cocoon so that it works in war format (only 13 files use the getRealPath method) under weblogic but I also think I can do a better job if I understand the perspective correctly. Please do bear with me if the above topic is a non issue, but I do see a lot of postings on the Cocoon users list and the BEA weblogic list. Regards, Nitin Shenoy Resources - Servlet 2.2 spec 5.5 Path Translation Methods There are two convenience methods in the HttpServletRequest interface which allow the Developer to obtain the file system path equivalent to a particular path. These methods are: . getRealPath . getPathTranslated The getRealPath method takes a String argument and returns a String representation of a file on the local file system to which that path corresponds. The getPathTranslated method computes the real path of the pathInfo of this request. In situations where the servlet container cannot determine a valid file path for these methods, such as when the web application is executed from an archive, on a remote file system not accessible locally, or in a database, these methods must return null. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
