Access files directly off server from Bean??

[jaredgalen]

I need to access a set of files (images) directly from the server using a java class.

Is this possible? Specifically, I take a directory name and get the list of files from that directory

if(location.exists())
{
if(location.isDirectory())
files = location.listFiles();
}
I have put the directory that I'm using in WEB-INF, classes, lib and with the jsp files but nothing works.
Is it possible to access a file\directoy directly off the server from a Java class?

Any help is greatly appreciated
jG

 

[sedj]

Are you using a fully qualified file/directory name like "/usr/local/aDir", or something like "aDir" ? Does the directory have to be within the webapp structure or is it outside the container structure ?

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[jaredgalen]

i used a name that would normally have directed the class to the folder if I was running locally and not in a server type application.

I don't know if should be inside or outside the webapp structure. Thats my main problem, I just don't know what to do.

 

[sedj]

Well, if the images directory is a resource used by other applications, not just your servlet container, then I would give a full path name. If not, just add it under your webapps root ("/") context and then get the real file location using ServletContext.getRealPath("/") (if you are in a JSP or servlet). If you are in a class, then I would pass in this path via a parameter.

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[jaredgalen]

Thanks a million, I'll give it a go.