The moment you introduce something like what you are asking for, I, as an administrator, can no longer lift one "war" from an over worked (physical) server and deploy it on a less busy (physical) server. I think that your best solution is to create your own configurable "file serving servlet" and make sure your app deployers know of the interdependencies of your application.
-----Original Message----- From: Albretch Mueller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 8:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: lemon in the Servlet's Specification/Request for enhancement Hi, while coding some web apps. I found something that I find wrong from a design/technical point of view. web apps contexts are good and fine for a number of reasons, threading, security, resource management, ... But there are many other issues that you must take into account while designing dynamic web documents I think, (could list a long list of design and technical reasons, but we know what I am talking about here) web apps contexts have no reason whatsoever constraining purely static resources, like images, css etc. For a more detailed explanation of what I mean please go: http://saloon.javaranch.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=7&t=008704 What do you think of this? How do you formally make a RFE? _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information contained therein by any other person is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning the e-mail to the originator. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
