RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm???
I have never used a Singleton before. My understanding is that it is just a static class memeber. There will be only one person trying to load this form at a time since it is for management purposes only. Maybe I am going about this all the wrong way. Here is what I am doing. When the xml file is changed the client then runs the application that creates many jsp/struts files in xml syntax. All forms are blank to start with except the ManagerForm. In order to have this populated I do the following: This loads the form object and populates the bean because I am calling the load method from the constuctor. Initally this uses the values from the xml file, but once submitted values are handled by ManagerForm. This is necessary so that when data is invalid it is filled in with the changes the client made until it is correct. Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering -Original Message- From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 12:12 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? Have you given a thought on my Singleton solution? -Dan - Original Message - From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:48 PM Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > It is not static. I need it to load when ActionForm is loaded. Is there no > way to load form values from an external source? > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > -Original Message- > From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 11:42 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > Is your XML file static? If it does, you cam place the xml file in your > class path and use my other posted solution to have access to its > InputStream. > > If you dont like to place it in classpath, you can create a Singleton > wrapper around your XML and load it up during application startup, via > Struts plugin or a servlet. > > -Dan > > - Original Message - > From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:31 PM > Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > This file is and xml file that contain that data that the form needs to be > > filled with. It is in my WEB-INF/data folder. The problem is that I > cannot > > find a way to tell my form where to load this data from. I need need to > > access to the ServletContext so I can get the real path of the web > > application. Some has to know how to do this easily. > > > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 10:29 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > > > My guess about the null control serverlet, is because struts may not init > > the form's control servlet after the form constructor completes. > > > > If you can take a look at my answer to "Setting external JNDI > properties", > > you can put your file in classpath and load it. > > > > > > BTW, you might have a performance problem loading the file for every > > constructor of your action object. You might want to load your file at > > startup and access it thru a singleton. > > > > Good luck. > > > > -Dan > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:53 PM > > Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > > > > ActionServlet as = this.getServlet(); > > > > > > This is returning null. What is the proper way to get a reference to > the > > > controller servlet from and Action from? > > > > > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > > > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > > > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > > > > > -Original Message- > &g
RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm???
I have never used a Singleton before. My understanding is that it is just a static class memeber. There will be only one person trying to load this form at a time since it is for management purposes only. Maybe I am going about this all the wrong way. Here is what I am doing. When the xml file is changed the client then runs the application that creates many jsp/struts files in xml syntax. All forms are blank to start with except the ManagerForm. In order to have this populated I do the following: This loads the form object and populates the bean because I am calling the load method from the constuctor. Initally this uses the values from the xml file, but once submitted values are handled by ManagerForm. This is necessary so that when data is invalid it is filled in with the changes the client made until it is correct. Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering -Original Message- From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 12:12 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? Have you given a thought on my Singleton solution? -Dan - Original Message - From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:48 PM Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > It is not static. I need it to load when ActionForm is loaded. Is there no > way to load form values from an external source? > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > -Original Message- > From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 11:42 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > Is your XML file static? If it does, you cam place the xml file in your > class path and use my other posted solution to have access to its > InputStream. > > If you dont like to place it in classpath, you can create a Singleton > wrapper around your XML and load it up during application startup, via > Struts plugin or a servlet. > > -Dan > > - Original Message - > From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:31 PM > Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > This file is and xml file that contain that data that the form needs to be > > filled with. It is in my WEB-INF/data folder. The problem is that I > cannot > > find a way to tell my form where to load this data from. I need need to > > access to the ServletContext so I can get the real path of the web > > application. Some has to know how to do this easily. > > > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 10:29 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > > > My guess about the null control serverlet, is because struts may not init > > the form's control servlet after the form constructor completes. > > > > If you can take a look at my answer to "Setting external JNDI > properties", > > you can put your file in classpath and load it. > > > > > > BTW, you might have a performance problem loading the file for every > > constructor of your action object. You might want to load your file at > > startup and access it thru a singleton. > > > > Good luck. > > > > -Dan > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:53 PM > > Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > > > > ActionServlet as = this.getServlet(); > > > > > > This is returning null. What is the proper way to get a reference to > the > > > controller servlet from and Action from? > > > > > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > > > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > > > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > > > > > -Original Message- > &g
Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm???
Have you given a thought on my Singleton solution? -Dan - Original Message - From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:48 PM Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > It is not static. I need it to load when ActionForm is loaded. Is there no > way to load form values from an external source? > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > -Original Message- > From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 11:42 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > Is your XML file static? If it does, you cam place the xml file in your > class path and use my other posted solution to have access to its > InputStream. > > If you dont like to place it in classpath, you can create a Singleton > wrapper around your XML and load it up during application startup, via > Struts plugin or a servlet. > > -Dan > > - Original Message - > From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:31 PM > Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > This file is and xml file that contain that data that the form needs to be > > filled with. It is in my WEB-INF/data folder. The problem is that I > cannot > > find a way to tell my form where to load this data from. I need need to > > access to the ServletContext so I can get the real path of the web > > application. Some has to know how to do this easily. > > > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 10:29 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > > > My guess about the null control serverlet, is because struts may not init > > the form's control servlet after the form constructor completes. > > > > If you can take a look at my answer to "Setting external JNDI > properties", > > you can put your file in classpath and load it. > > > > > > BTW, you might have a performance problem loading the file for every > > constructor of your action object. You might want to load your file at > > startup and access it thru a singleton. > > > > Good luck. > > > > -Dan > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:53 PM > > Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > > > > ActionServlet as = this.getServlet(); > > > > > > This is returning null. What is the proper way to get a reference to > the > > > controller servlet from and Action from? > > > > > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > > > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > > > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Jason Long [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:49 PM > > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > > > > > > Actually I am calling a funtion that loads values into the form in the > > > object. This load method needs to find a relative path. I cannot seem > to > > > get a reference to the controller servlet or any other way to get the > path > > > to my WEB-INF. > > > > > > public final class ManagerForm extends ActionForm { > > > public ManagerForm() throws Exception { > > > this.load(); > > > } > > > ... > > > > > > ... > > > } > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 8:25 PM > > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > > > > > > If you de
RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm???
It is not static. I need it to load when ActionForm is loaded. Is there no way to load form values from an external source? Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering -Original Message- From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 11:42 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? Is your XML file static? If it does, you cam place the xml file in your class path and use my other posted solution to have access to its InputStream. If you dont like to place it in classpath, you can create a Singleton wrapper around your XML and load it up during application startup, via Struts plugin or a servlet. -Dan - Original Message - From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:31 PM Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > This file is and xml file that contain that data that the form needs to be > filled with. It is in my WEB-INF/data folder. The problem is that I cannot > find a way to tell my form where to load this data from. I need need to > access to the ServletContext so I can get the real path of the web > application. Some has to know how to do this easily. > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > -Original Message- > From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 10:29 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > My guess about the null control serverlet, is because struts may not init > the form's control servlet after the form constructor completes. > > If you can take a look at my answer to "Setting external JNDI properties", > you can put your file in classpath and load it. > > > BTW, you might have a performance problem loading the file for every > constructor of your action object. You might want to load your file at > startup and access it thru a singleton. > > Good luck. > > -Dan > > - Original Message - > From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:53 PM > Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > ActionServlet as = this.getServlet(); > > > > This is returning null. What is the proper way to get a reference to the > > controller servlet from and Action from? > > > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Jason Long [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:49 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > > > Actually I am calling a funtion that loads values into the form in the > > object. This load method needs to find a relative path. I cannot seem to > > get a reference to the controller servlet or any other way to get the path > > to my WEB-INF. > > > > public final class ManagerForm extends ActionForm { > > public ManagerForm() throws Exception { > > this.load(); > > } > > ... > > > > ... > > } > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 8:25 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > > > If you deploy your app as a WAR file, then it is the correct result since > > there is no real directory to return > > > > But you can use this code > > > > InputStream is = > > servlet.getServletContext().getResourceAsStream(pathName); > > > > where pathName is the context path to your file in the WAR archive. (ie > > /WEB-INF/yourFileName.txt) > > > > Good luck. > > > > -Dan > > - Original Message - > > From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 1:07 PM > > Subject: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > > > > When deploying my Struts application I ran in to a small problem. > > > I h
Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm???
Is your XML file static? If it does, you cam place the xml file in your class path and use my other posted solution to have access to its InputStream. If you dont like to place it in classpath, you can create a Singleton wrapper around your XML and load it up during application startup, via Struts plugin or a servlet. -Dan - Original Message - From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:31 PM Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > This file is and xml file that contain that data that the form needs to be > filled with. It is in my WEB-INF/data folder. The problem is that I cannot > find a way to tell my form where to load this data from. I need need to > access to the ServletContext so I can get the real path of the web > application. Some has to know how to do this easily. > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > -Original Message- > From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 10:29 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > My guess about the null control serverlet, is because struts may not init > the form's control servlet after the form constructor completes. > > If you can take a look at my answer to "Setting external JNDI properties", > you can put your file in classpath and load it. > > > BTW, you might have a performance problem loading the file for every > constructor of your action object. You might want to load your file at > startup and access it thru a singleton. > > Good luck. > > -Dan > > - Original Message - > From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:53 PM > Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > ActionServlet as = this.getServlet(); > > > > This is returning null. What is the proper way to get a reference to the > > controller servlet from and Action from? > > > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Jason Long [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:49 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > > > Actually I am calling a funtion that loads values into the form in the > > object. This load method needs to find a relative path. I cannot seem to > > get a reference to the controller servlet or any other way to get the path > > to my WEB-INF. > > > > public final class ManagerForm extends ActionForm { > > public ManagerForm() throws Exception { > > this.load(); > > } > > ... > > > > ... > > } > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 8:25 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > > > If you deploy your app as a WAR file, then it is the correct result since > > there is no real directory to return > > > > But you can use this code > > > > InputStream is = > > servlet.getServletContext().getResourceAsStream(pathName); > > > > where pathName is the context path to your file in the WAR archive. (ie > > /WEB-INF/yourFileName.txt) > > > > Good luck. > > > > -Dan > > - Original Message - > > From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 1:07 PM > > Subject: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > > > > When deploying my Struts application I ran in to a small problem. > > > I had hard coded the path to an xml file used to load values into my > form. > > > I need to get a relative path. I tried the following, but got a null > > > pointer. > > > > > > ActionServlet as = this.getServlet(); > > > ServletContext application = as.getServletConfig().getServletContext(); > > > String basePath = application.getRealPath("/"); > > > > > > T
RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm???
This file is and xml file that contain that data that the form needs to be filled with. It is in my WEB-INF/data folder. The problem is that I cannot find a way to tell my form where to load this data from. I need need to access to the ServletContext so I can get the real path of the web application. Some has to know how to do this easily. Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering -Original Message- From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 10:29 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? My guess about the null control serverlet, is because struts may not init the form's control servlet after the form constructor completes. If you can take a look at my answer to "Setting external JNDI properties", you can put your file in classpath and load it. BTW, you might have a performance problem loading the file for every constructor of your action object. You might want to load your file at startup and access it thru a singleton. Good luck. -Dan - Original Message - From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:53 PM Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > ActionServlet as = this.getServlet(); > > This is returning null. What is the proper way to get a reference to the > controller servlet from and Action from? > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > -Original Message- > From: Jason Long [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:49 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > Actually I am calling a funtion that loads values into the form in the > object. This load method needs to find a relative path. I cannot seem to > get a reference to the controller servlet or any other way to get the path > to my WEB-INF. > > public final class ManagerForm extends ActionForm { > public ManagerForm() throws Exception { > this.load(); > } > ... > > ... > } > > -Original Message- > From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 8:25 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > If you deploy your app as a WAR file, then it is the correct result since > there is no real directory to return > > But you can use this code > > InputStream is = > servlet.getServletContext().getResourceAsStream(pathName); > > where pathName is the context path to your file in the WAR archive. (ie > /WEB-INF/yourFileName.txt) > > Good luck. > > -Dan > - Original Message - > From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 1:07 PM > Subject: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > When deploying my Struts application I ran in to a small problem. > > I had hard coded the path to an xml file used to load values into my form. > > I need to get a relative path. I tried the following, but got a null > > pointer. > > > > ActionServlet as = this.getServlet(); > > ServletContext application = as.getServletConfig().getServletContext(); > > String basePath = application.getRealPath("/"); > > > > Thanks for your time, > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm???
My guess about the null control serverlet, is because struts may not init the form's control servlet after the form constructor completes. If you can take a look at my answer to "Setting external JNDI properties", you can put your file in classpath and load it. BTW, you might have a performance problem loading the file for every constructor of your action object. You might want to load your file at startup and access it thru a singleton. Good luck. -Dan - Original Message - From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:53 PM Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > ActionServlet as = this.getServlet(); > > This is returning null. What is the proper way to get a reference to the > controller servlet from and Action from? > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > -Original Message- > From: Jason Long [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:49 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > Actually I am calling a funtion that loads values into the form in the > object. This load method needs to find a relative path. I cannot seem to > get a reference to the controller servlet or any other way to get the path > to my WEB-INF. > > public final class ManagerForm extends ActionForm { > public ManagerForm() throws Exception { > this.load(); > } > ... > > ... > } > > -Original Message- > From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 8:25 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > If you deploy your app as a WAR file, then it is the correct result since > there is no real directory to return > > But you can use this code > > InputStream is = > servlet.getServletContext().getResourceAsStream(pathName); > > where pathName is the context path to your file in the WAR archive. (ie > /WEB-INF/yourFileName.txt) > > Good luck. > > -Dan > - Original Message - > From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 1:07 PM > Subject: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > > > > When deploying my Struts application I ran in to a small problem. > > I had hard coded the path to an xml file used to load values into my form. > > I need to get a relative path. I tried the following, but got a null > > pointer. > > > > ActionServlet as = this.getServlet(); > > ServletContext application = as.getServletConfig().getServletContext(); > > String basePath = application.getRealPath("/"); > > > > Thanks for your time, > > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm???
ActionServlet as = this.getServlet(); This is returning null. What is the proper way to get a reference to the controller servlet from and Action from? Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering -Original Message- From: Jason Long [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:49 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? Actually I am calling a funtion that loads values into the form in the object. This load method needs to find a relative path. I cannot seem to get a reference to the controller servlet or any other way to get the path to my WEB-INF. public final class ManagerForm extends ActionForm { public ManagerForm() throws Exception { this.load(); } ... ... } -Original Message- From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 8:25 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? If you deploy your app as a WAR file, then it is the correct result since there is no real directory to return But you can use this code InputStream is = servlet.getServletContext().getResourceAsStream(pathName); where pathName is the context path to your file in the WAR archive. (ie /WEB-INF/yourFileName.txt) Good luck. -Dan - Original Message - From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 1:07 PM Subject: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > When deploying my Struts application I ran in to a small problem. > I had hard coded the path to an xml file used to load values into my form. > I need to get a relative path. I tried the following, but got a null > pointer. > > ActionServlet as = this.getServlet(); > ServletContext application = as.getServletConfig().getServletContext(); > String basePath = application.getRealPath("/"); > > Thanks for your time, > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm???
Actually I am calling a funtion that loads values into the form in the object. This load method needs to find a relative path. I cannot seem to get a reference to the controller servlet or any other way to get the path to my WEB-INF. public final class ManagerForm extends ActionForm { public ManagerForm() throws Exception { this.load(); } ... ... } -Original Message- From: Dan Tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 8:25 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? If you deploy your app as a WAR file, then it is the correct result since there is no real directory to return But you can use this code InputStream is = servlet.getServletContext().getResourceAsStream(pathName); where pathName is the context path to your file in the WAR archive. (ie /WEB-INF/yourFileName.txt) Good luck. -Dan - Original Message - From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 1:07 PM Subject: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > When deploying my Struts application I ran in to a small problem. > I had hard coded the path to an xml file used to load values into my form. > I need to get a relative path. I tried the following, but got a null > pointer. > > ActionServlet as = this.getServlet(); > ServletContext application = as.getServletConfig().getServletContext(); > String basePath = application.getRealPath("/"); > > Thanks for your time, > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm???
When deploying my Struts application I ran in to a small problem. I had hard coded the path to an xml file used to load values into my form. I need to get a relative path. I tried the following, but got a null pointer. ActionServlet as = this.getServlet(); ServletContext application = as.getServletConfig().getServletContext(); String basePath = application.getRealPath("/"); Thanks for your time, Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm???
If you deploy your app as a WAR file, then it is the correct result since there is no real directory to return But you can use this code InputStream is = servlet.getServletContext().getResourceAsStream(pathName); where pathName is the context path to your file in the WAR archive. (ie /WEB-INF/yourFileName.txt) Good luck. -Dan - Original Message - From: "Jason Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 1:07 PM Subject: application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm??? > When deploying my Struts application I ran in to a small problem. > I had hard coded the path to an xml file used to load values into my form. > I need to get a relative path. I tried the following, but got a null > pointer. > > ActionServlet as = this.getServlet(); > ServletContext application = as.getServletConfig().getServletContext(); > String basePath = application.getRealPath("/"); > > Thanks for your time, > Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer > Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com > BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
application.getRealPath("/") from ActionForm???
When deploying my Struts application I ran in to a small problem. I had hard coded the path to an xml file used to load values into my form. I need to get a relative path. I tried the following, but got a null pointer. ActionServlet as = this.getServlet(); ServletContext application = as.getServletConfig().getServletContext(); String basePath = application.getRealPath("/"); Thanks for your time, Jason Long - CEO and Chief Software Engineer Supernova Software - supernovasoftware.com BS Physics, MS Chemical Engineering - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]