Thankyou, both. This was the information I was looking for!
Steve B.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Malley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: getContextPath in a soap-hosted class?
> The lightbulbs went off after I hit "Send" on that last post.
> Is the SOAPContext the means of getting at the ServletContext?
> Ie, is this the basic idea?:
>
> void myMethod( SOAPContent context, ...)
> {
> HttpServletRequest request =
>
(HttpServletRequest)SOAPContext.getProperty(Constants.BAG_HTTPSERVLETREQUEST
);
> String contextPath = request.getContextPath();
> ServletContext emptyContext = new ServletContext();
> ServletContext context = emptyContext.getContent(contextPath);
> String configFilename = context.getInitParameter( "my-config" );
> //...
> }
>
> -Chris
>
>
> Chris Malley wrote:
> >
> > Unless I've misunderstood... I think that Steve is asking for
> > the ServletContext (or ServletConfig), not the SOAPContext.
> >
> > I'm also interested in how to get at the ServletContext from within
> > a Java class hosted by one of the Apache SOAP servlet. I'd like to
> > be able to call ServletContext.getInitParameter to get parameters
> > defined in soap/WEB-INF/web.xml.
> >
> > -Chris
> >
> > Shinta Tjio wrote:
> > >
> > > You can define your SOAP method to take SOAPContext, then use
> > > the SOAPContext.getProperty(Constants.BAG_HTTPSERVLETREQUEST)
> > > to get the HttpServletRequest.
> > >
> > > -shinta
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: sbelt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 1:01 PM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: getContextPath in a soap-hosted class?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hello!
> > > >
> > > > I am brand new to SOAP (and this list), so I hope my question
> > > > is relevant. I
> > > > did search the archives; I am still finding my footing in
> > > > this technology,
> > > > but I don't *think* my question was answered there.
> > > >
> > > > I have a class that I would like to host on the Apache Soap
> > > > server (2.2 on
> > > > Tomcat-4.x). My class needs to access a file for .ini-type
> > > > information. In a
> > > > servlet, I could find this file using (pseudo code):
> > > >
> > > > file.open(request.getContextPath() +
"/WEB-INF/settings.init")
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way for me to find my context root in a class
> > > > being hosted by the
> > > > soap server?
> > > >
> > > > TIA,
> > > >
> > > > Steve B.
>
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