"shenoy, nitin" wrote:
>
> 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?
Absolutely not! It's a very bad one indeed!
> 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."
yes, I was part of the team that suggested the introduction of a better
abstraction than getRealPath().
> 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 know, I know, this sucks!
> 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.
The perspective is dead simple: cocoon2 hasn't been yet *polished* and
nobody here has been bugged enough by this problem to make it go away.
> 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.
Oh, it is an issue, so I'll be personally very happy if you try to fix
it.
--
Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be
able to give birth to a dancing star.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Friedrich Nietzsche
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