You do not want to use getServletPath(). As you have seen, it gives you a virtual path, not a physical filesystem path.
Use getRealPath() alone. If you really want to be slick, use ServletContext#getResource or ServletContext#getResourceAsStream to read the configuration as a "resource" within the webapp. On 16 Jun 2003 at 15:15, Ruane, Conleth wrote: > Thanks Scott. > That helped a lot. I've modified my service so that I can access > the SOAPContext object. > I still can't do quite exactly what I want however and I'm wondering > if it's just because I'm trying to do the wrong thing. > > A call to > > request.getServletPath(); > > returns something like /servlet/rpcrouter > > and getRealPath() turns this into the equivalent of > 'C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1\webapps\soap\servlet\rpcrouter' > > but my classes are in > 'C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1\webapps\soap\WEB-INF' > > and actually there is no folder 'servlet' in > 'C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1\webapps\soap\'. > > What I was trying to do is have a collection of classes implementing > my service and a properties file for various settings in the same > directory. Is there anything 'wrong' with this approach or should > I have a folder like 'mySoapService' under '...webapps\soap\servlet\rpcrouter' > to hold stuff like settings files. This is what the return value of > 'request.getServletPath()' would imply. Classes go under > 'webapps\soap\WEB-INF\mySoapService' any other stuff under > 'webapps\soap\servlet\rpcrouter\mySoapService'. > > Another approach I've considered is to get the path for the properties > file from an environment variable. > > Is there a right way to access property files from SOAP services? > None of the SOAP samples do this and I couldn't find anything on > the web. (I'm still looking though). > > Any input is appreciated. > > Thanks > Con > > > String tmpDir = request.getServletPath(); > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Nichol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 June 2003 19:11 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Accessing text files in SOAP service folder > > > Doing a getRealPath is fine, but you have to code your services > specially to get the servlet context. Specifically, you must add a > parameter to the method(s) of type SOAPContext. Apache SOAP will > then pass the current request context, from which you can get the > HttpRequest, etc. > > As long as you have the SOAPContext, you might want to consider > having your parameters in either the web.xml for the Apache SOAP > webapp, or the deployment descriptor for the service. These are > fairly standard places for initialization information. > > If you are using a nightly build of Apache SOAP, you can also have > your service implement the ConfigurableService interface. This has a > method that is called immediately after instantiation of the service. > The method receives the webapp and deployment descriptor values as > parameters. > > On 13 Jun 2003 at 16:41, Ruane, Conleth wrote: > > > Hi All. > > > > I'm writing my first SOAP service using Apache SOAP. > > I've run into a problem I can't find a solution for after a lot of searching. > > > > I want my service to pull some settings from a text file which is in the same > > folder as the service classes but if I use just the file name I get a > > fileNotFoundException. > > I've established that the file is being looked for in the tomcat bin folder > > instead of the > > folder where the classes are. I want to avoid using a hardcoded absolute path. > > > > A similar problem in my jsp pages I solved using > > workingDir = > > pageContext.getServletContext().getRealPath(request.getServletPath()); > > > > Can I do something similar in a soap service class or is there any good way to do > > what I want. > > > > Thanks > > > > Con > > > > > > > Scott Nichol > > Do not reply directly to this e-mail address, > as it is filtered to only receive e-mail from > specific mailing lists. > > > Scott Nichol Do not reply directly to this e-mail address, as it is filtered to only receive e-mail from specific mailing lists.
