WAR format question

[Jim Carlson]

Hello,
I have a question about the WAR directory structure. Namely, where is the appropriate place to put configuration files, log files, and other files that need to be read/written-to by my application? Clearly putting them in the webroot isn't right. Can my application access arbitrary files under WEB-INF? How? I know that conf files can be put in the classpath (e.g. WEB-INF/classes), but this seems like the wrong solution for files that will change after deployment.
In the past, I've used the technique of creating my own application root, which contained a webroot/ directory in the WAR format, and pointed the servlet container at that. I used servlet parameters in the web.xml file to specify the location of the application root to my servlets, so that they could access my conf/log files. This works fine, but forces me to 'embrace and extend' the orginal WAR concept.
Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Jim Carlson


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