Read-only files can be placed anywhere you want. For files that you need to
write to, use the 'javax.servlet.context.tmpdir' attribute of the
ServletContext (since you can't write to a WAR file :). Assuming that your
servlet extends GenericServlet (this includes the cases of HttpServlet, and
Tomcat's default JSP page Servlet), then something like:
String tmpDir =
getServletContext().getAttribute("javax.servlet.context.tmpdir");
File outFile = new File(tmpDir, "myFile.ext");
OutputStream outF = new FileOutputStream(outFile);
// write something here
outF.close();
"Jim Carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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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