Howdy,
>what is the best way to update (write) a properties file from a servlet >that is somewhere under /WEB-INF/src/..... ? Does this work for a >properties file in a WAR file, too? The servlet specification only leaves you with one standard place to write files, the directory specified by javax.servlet.context.tempdir. As its name implies, it's a temporary directory that the server may clean up on shutdown. So you don't want this. Therefore you must specify the directory/file to write via some configuration, e.g. a context-param or init-param in web.xml, or a JNDI env-entry-ref if you wish. The former is usually simpler. But to write, you have to use the file IO APIs, and that won't work in a packed WAR file. It'll be OK in an exploded WAR file, but you probably don't want to require your users to expand your WAR file. One possible alternative is to have the properties file outside the webapp (or better yet, change from properties file to a database?), and configure the location of the file using one of the above approaches. That way you can still deploy a packed WAR, write/update the properties file, and (if you use the JNDI approach) the server admin can control the location of the file. Yoav Shapira This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
