Thanks for the input regarding 2). What's the difference between using javax.servlet.context.tempdir vs java.io.tmpdir ?
Also, do you know the answer to 1 - ie, why did the change occur regarding not exploding when the WAR is outside appBase? On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Mark Eggers <its_toas...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On 8/6/2012 12:40 PM, Caldarale, Charles R wrote: > >> From: Miguel Almeida >> [mailto:migueldealmeida@gmail.**com<migueldealme...@gmail.com> >>> ] >>> Subject: [Tomcat 7] Why can't you use automatic deployment >>> and exploded WAR when docBase is outside appBase? >>> >> >> The motivation for this is a simple code ServletContext.getRealPath("/"* >>> *) >>> to create a simple temporary inputstream that works in Tomcat6 but >>> doesn't >>> in Tomcat7 (because getRealPath("/") will return null). >>> >> >> And, if you check the servlet spec, getRealPath() is *never* guaranteed >> to work. Your code should be using either getResourceAsStream() or looking >> at the javax.servlet.context.tempdir context attribute to find where it can >> create temporary files. >> >> - Chuck >> > > +1 > > I just spent the better part of a week ferreting out exactly this mess. > The original application would read from and write to files inside the web > application. Even worse, the original application hard-coded the path in a > set of variables set at web application load time. > > This meant that every time the server was changed, the application moved, > or the application name changed, the war file had to be unpacked, these > values changed, and then the war file had to be repacked. > > Use getResourceAsStream() for things you need to read. Put those items in > WEB-INF/classes or in a jar in WEB-INF/lib. If you need to write temporary > files, use java.io.tmpdir, file.separator, and possibly createTempFile(). > > Tomcat (catalina.sh) sets java.io.tmpdir to $CATALINA_BASE/temp for your > convenience by default. > > . . . just my (somewhat frustrated) 2 cents. > /mde/ > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > users-unsubscribe@tomcat.**apache.org<users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
