The reason I chose this was that if someone were to alias the webroot
differently, I wouldn't be able to find this html file. Also, this would be
an html file, so I presumed it should sit on the web server and I should
read like it was there and this makes for a more independent way of reading
it. Other than that, I can't think of a good reason. Are you suggesting I
wouldn't have a security problem on this secured URL?
Thanks,
Gary
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Paul [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 10:06 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Reading HTML file from server
>
> Just wondering, is there a reason you are accessing
> the file using the URL and not just reading it as you
> would read any file on a server? It seems odd to open
> a connection to the same server that the servlet is
> sitting on in order to read a file.
> --
>
> On Sat, 24 Apr 1999 01:04:12 Craig R. McClanahan wrote:
> >Formanek Gary L wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to read an HTML file from the server in a servlet. This is
> what
> >> I'm doing from a method called after doPost():
> >>
> >> URL u = new URL("http://" + req.getServerName() + "/wms/update.htm");
> >> log("before URL to open = " + u.toString());
> >> URLConnection uc = u.openConnection();
> >> log("after URL to open");
> >> BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(uc.getInputStream());
> >> log("after openStream");
> >> byte b[] = new byte[bis.available()];
> >> bis.read(b);
> >> out.print(b);
> >> out.flush();
> >> out.close();
> >>
> >> Basically it doesn't get to the "after openStream". It dies on the
> >> getInputStream(). This is the error I get back:
> >>
> >> unknown protocol: https
> >>
> >> This is a protected URL, but not https. I was hoping I could read an
> HTML
> >> file on the server in the docs directory. Does anyone have any ideas
> why I
> >> can't?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Gary
> >>
> >
> >By "this is a protected URL", do you mean that the page would ask for a
> >username/password if you accessed it with a browser? If so, you've got
> two
> >choices:
> >
> >* Call "uc.setAllowUserInteraction(false)", which will disable the fact
> > that your servlet engine has probably posted a username/dialog box
> > on your server's console. This will probably trigger an exception,
> > but that is still better than hanging.
> >
> >* Include an "Authorization" header in your request (using the
> > URLConnection.setRequestProperty method), with the username
> > and password properly encoded.
> >
> >Craig McClanahan
> >
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