Not if I want any control over how they're served up, when they're served up, and who they're served up to. But forget about that, it's not important. Making an image proxy is a much better example, for thumbnails and whatnot.
On 8/5/05, Jonathan Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > well, if you just want to serve up files you could put them in your web > app folder, right? > the big issue we've both run into is when you want to serve up resources > that can't be > stored in your web app folder. > > Phil Kulak wrote: > > >Okay, I see what you mean. I had that exact same requirement recently. > >I believe it was discussed on here as well. Right now I'm using a > >Spring controller to serve up files dynamically. I'm probably going to > >have to make a photo proxy too (as you mention), and it would be very > >nice if I could stay in Wicket to do it. I'm definatly +1 on this. > > > >And no, Axis is NOT the way to go for this kind of thing. I didn't > >really understand your requirements there. > > > >On 8/5/05, Jonathan Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>in fact, i think the total change would be this: > >> > >> protected boolean onCustomResource() > >> { > >> return false; > >> } > >> > >> protected final boolean parseRequest() > >> { > >> // Try different methods of parsing and dispatching the request > >> > >> if (onCustomResource() || callDispatchedComponentListener()) > >> { > >> // if it is, we don't need to update the cluster, etc, and > >>return false > >> } > >> > >> ... > >> > >>that would allow users to implement any kind of alternative resource > >>using a URL > >>format of their own devising. i could see this being a lot more > >>efficient for certain > >>things... like if you had a photo site, you could implement a custom > >>resource handler > >>that turned every http://<site>/app/photo/<id> into the right photo, > >>avoiding wicket > >>image component overhead for each photo on the site. if there are > >>millions of photos > >>it might be worth it. > >> > >>Phil Kulak wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I think integration with Apache Axis would be the way to go here. > >>> > >>>On 8/5/05, Jonathan Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>i want to be able to do non-html client/server stuff over http using > >>>>wicket. this is > >>>>especially useful in having a java applet talk to its originating server > >>>>in the presence > >>>>of firewalls that block everything but port 80. > >>>> > >>>>in particular i want to send simple representations of database objects > >>>>and binary > >>>>files pulled out of a database back and forth. > >>>> > >>>>wicket is /almost/ all set up to do that except that there is no URL > >>>>syntax for it yet. > >>>> > >>>>one way we could enable a problem like this to be solved would be to > >>>>remove the > >>>>final keyword from the parseRequest() method in WebRequestCycle.java. > >>>>this > >>>>would permit users to do their own request parsing to solve problems > >>>>like this. > >>>> > >>>>but the choice we make here is whether we want to open this up or > >>>>instead make > >>>>a specific solution to the particular problem of getting and setting > >>>>data over http > >>>>(which is likely to be a problem for others). > >>>> > >>>>thoughts? 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