Todd Chaffee wrote:
> I have a bean (used in a JSP) that serializes itself once the user submits
> a form. When the bean serializes itself, it uses a simple file name with
> no path.
>
> The serialized bean is getting saved in /opt/tomcat/ even though I am
> running in a context that has a base path of /www/mybiz/webapps/. Any idea
> why it is ending up in /opt/tomcat/ ?
File I/O is an operating system thing, and has no clue what a web app is.
Therefore, it just wrote the file in the current working directory of the Tomcat
process.
> What is the best way to have the
> bean saved in the path of my context without using a hard-coded path
> name? More to the point, any suggestions on where it really should be
> saved? I was trying for the same directory in which the bean lives (i.e.
> /www/mybiz/webapps/examples/WEB-INF/classes/show ) but I'm not sure if that
> is really the best place to store the serialized bean.
>
That's probably as reasonable as any, although it limits you to running in
servlet containers (like Tomcat) that always expand a WAR file into an unpacked
directory structure.
You can calculate the pathname of the file to store your bean in like this:
String path =
getServletContext().getRealPath("/WEB-INF/classes/show/MyBean.ser");
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> - Todd Chaffee
>
Craig McClanahan
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
