You gave me some idea and brought light to the issue!
Thanks
<c:import>
url="http://remoteSystem.dns.com/http/path/to/file.txt
> var="fileContents" />
Am I right about above, that you mean my JSP ask the
tomcat on the remote machine and consequently the
remote tomcat reads the file by means of the incoming
url, from the d:\archive\files directory?
Or you mean that the files are at remote web server
directory ( f.i. \\tomcat\httpdirectory\files ) and my
JSP request for them ?
--- David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
> So... the "remote file" is available to the local
> system on a network
> drive. That's a fun one. There are a couple of
> different ways to do this.
>
> 1. Using Windows fileshares
>
> Let me preface this by saying *I've* never done
> this. The few times I've
> had a tomcat server on a Windows machine, it only
> ever accessed local
> files. There are people on the list with way more
> experience than I have.
>
> As I understand it, as long as tomcat is running
> under a user account
> that has privileges to read the remote file, you
> could use a UNC path
> with java standard file access classes and methods
> to read the file. The
> mapped drive letter wouldn't work unless tomcat was
> only running while
> you are logged in. In a jsp, this could be done with
> a scriptlet:
>
> <!-- import your classes at the top of the jsp....
> -->
> <jsp:scriptlet>
> try {
> FileInputStream remoteFileReader = new
> FileInputStream(
> "\\\\remoteServer\\archive\\files\\myFile.txt" ) ;
> // do something with the file
> } catch ( Exception e ) {
> // do something if the access fails
> } finally {
> try {
> remoteFileReader.close() ;
> } catch ( Exception e ) {}
> }
> </jsp:scriptlet>
>
> It should be mentioned the system account most
> services run under by
> default does not have any privilege to access remote
> files via UNC path,
> so you'll have to customize your tomcat installation
> a little. ... Or
> always be logged into the system and have it running
> as you which isn't
> the most ideal method.
>
> 2. Using a webserver on the remote system
>
> This I have done and it's more platform independent.
> Your jsp can
> request it from the remote server using standard
> taglibs:
>
> (note standard.jar and jstl.jar must be in your
> webapp's WEB-INF/lib
> directory)
>
> <!-- import the core taglib from jstl at the top of
> the file. Docs for
> the jstl taglib can help with this -->
>
> <c:import
>
url="http://remoteSystem.dns.com/http/path/to/file.txt";
>
> var="fileContents" />
> <!--.... Do something with the file contents, it'll
> be available in the
> fileContents page context attribute.... -->
>
>
> --David
>
> henry human wrote:
> > Thanks David,
> > I try to clarify my situation.
> > I have a JSP running in local computer in tomcat.
> This
> > JSP should read from a remote machine. The files
> are
> > under d:\archive\files. These directory which
> provide
> > a repository functionality could not be transfer
> > somewhere else. The files must be saved there.
> > 1) Scennario one: The remote machine does not hava
> e
> > webserver
> > 2) Scenario two: a tomcat is running on remote
> > computer
> >
> > My questions:
> > 1) Do I need the webserver at all to access
> remotely
> > the files?
> > 2) Is it poosile to access the data on d:\archive
> > without to put them in a webserver directory or
> not?
> > If no, do I need configuration for the webserver
> (f.i.
> > tomcat)to allow access to the files from outside?
> >
> >
> > --- David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
> >
> >
> >> Here's the picture you painted in the original
> email
> >> and I based my
> >> answer on:
> >>
> >> 1. You have a jsp file on a tomcat server which
> >> needs to read
> >> information from a remote system
> >> 2. The system containing the remote file has a
> >> webserver you could put
> >> the file in.
> >>
> >> The c:import tag is a java standard tag library
> >> (JSTL) tag used to
> >> import data form locations outside the jsp. In
> this
> >> case, I'm saying
> >> you could request the file from the remote
> >> webserver. Google is your
> >> friend if you'd like more information.
> >>
> >> If I've misunderstood your environment, please
> >> provide a *lot* more
> >> detail -- specifically more information regarding
> >> the system the remote
> >> file reside's on (does it have a web server?).
> >>
> >> --David
> >>
> >> henry human wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Seems to me the simplest is the c:import tag
> and
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> sorry,I don't understand what you mean, could
> you
> >>>
> >> tell
> >>
> >>> more detailed. Maybe a little code code, a
> sample,
> >>>
> >> etc
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> fetch the file via http
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> how??
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> -- just my two cents. You know more about
> your
> >>>> architecture and what's
> >>>> available than any of us.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> ??
> >>> what
> >>> should be configured in tomcat ?
> >>> Do you mean that i do not need tomcat at all for
> >>>
> >> this
> >>
> >>> scenario?
> >>> I think it is not possible to read from the
> >>> hard disc directories f.i. d:\archive\files
> >>>
> >> without
> >>
> >>> helps of a web server ?
> >>>
> >>> I am appreciated, if you get a sample, more
> >>>
> >> details!
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> --David
> >>>>
> >>>> henry human wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Once again because there was a mistake in the
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> first
>
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