Thanks very much for your detailed reply. I have Shawn Bayern's "JSTL in Action", and you're right - the URL issue is covered. I have also reviewed relevant portions of the Servlet Spec 2.4, which sets out the general approach to directory structure in applications. It seems safest to place the 'context' prefix before any URL.
Cheers.
At 11:36 AM 4/10/04 -0500, you wrote:
: - Is there an online guide that helps app developers select a directory : structure that is portable across servlet containers?
The servlet spec.
Do a search at java.sun.com for it. You'll want 2.3 if you're running Tomcat 4, or 2.4 if you're running Tomcat 5. Either way, it's available as a PDF.
As a Java web developer, the spec is your guide to webapp standards and portability. At the risk of sounding facetious, it answers all of your questions except this one:
: - Finally, is it the best practice to hard-code the 'context' prefix in : your application?
JSTL. I forget the exact tag names, but any JSTL reference will have them listed. There's a tag for creating context-relative links, and (I believe) one for creating context-relative image tags.
-QM
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