Hi;
1) I want my default page to be index.do so I set the following in web.xml:
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.do</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
But instead I get a directory of files in my root when I go to the servlet.
I can do this which works:
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.txt</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
It appears it wants a file. Not an issue (see item 2) but just wanted to
know what is going on.
2) My main page is a frameset. I tried having that be a do/jsp but when I
pressed refresh on the browser, it went back to the start page. So I made it
a html file and the three frames are .do urls. This works fine, I'm just
asking if this is the best way to do this.
3) I need to have a method called when the servlet first loads. Is a
listener the best way to do this?
4) When using IE on an ASP application, there is a way to click on a word
document in the browser, it brings up Word to edit the document, and when
you save the document in Word, it uploads it back to the website.
a. Is there a way to do this in the J2EE world?
b. And if not, what is the best way to provide similar functionality? I
dislike the idea that they save it locally and then need to browse for the
saved document to upload it - most people have no idea where their temporary
folder is.
5) Is there a way that the appserver can tell me what to use for logging? I
don't want my portal to use log4j if the rest of the app server is using
something else.
6) I will have to create a jpg file that is displayed with some pages. I
want to delete the jpg when it is no longer needed. If the user hits refresh
on their browser, I still need it. Should I delete when the user's session
ends (timeout or logout)?
7) What do you think of hibernate? I have used it once and it seems to me
that it moves the work, but does not reduce it.
Thanks - dave
David Thielen
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