Re: Where Is the Best Place To Store Files?

[Michael McGrady]

Hi, Dave,
The files are accessible via a URL inside WEB-INF, Dave.  You just have 
to use a url that calls the controller, e.g. typically with ".do" in the 
mix.  There is no disadvantage in doing this and there are considerable 
advantages.

Michael McGrady
Durham David R Jr Contr 805 CSPTS/SCE wrote:
I think she just wants to use a container to serve up the files and not
have to worry so much about the details of sending files to a client.
If they're inside of WEB-INF then, they aren't accessible via a URL --
something she wants, I think.
- Dave 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael McGrady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 3:15 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Where Is the Best Place To Store Files?
I know what Dave is saying you can do, and he is right, but ......  If
you store the files inside WEB-INF, you can still give all users
programmic access.  The advantage in doing this is that you might find
in time that you need in the futrue to give some files limited access.
If they are inside WEB-INF, then you can do so easily.  What I do is
   

to
 

provide a resources directory under WEB-INF which holds all content
types with their separate directories by extention, e.g.
   WEB-INF
      resources
         gif
         jpeg
         jpg
         pdf
         ttf
And so on.
Michael McGrady
Durham David R Jr Contr 805 CSPTS/SCE wrote:
   

If the uploaded files do not have to be protected (any
user can access them), where is the proper location to
store them?
       

In this case, it looks like anywhere in your app except WEB-INF.
     

Keep
 

in mind that if your deployment process involves deleting your
     

web-app
 

and reconstructing (such as is the case with many war based
     

deployment
 

systems), then you could lose previously uploaded files.
- Dave
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