Accessing hidden files in an .ear

[HJ]

Hi,

In a j2ee web application, is it possible to package files in an
..ear or .war file, in such a way that they can be accessed by, say,
servlets, but are not accessible by browsers?
(For example, an xml or xsl file.)
Is there a common practice to do this? E.g. can i put such files
in a special subfolder, like WEB-INF, or so? And how to access such
a file, then?

Many thanks in advance.

 

[Oscar kind]

In a j2ee web application, is it possible to package files in an
.ear or .war file, in such a way that they can be accessed by, say,
servlets, but are not accessible by browsers?
(For example, an xml or xsl file.)
Is there a common practice to do this? E.g. can i put such files
in a special subfolder, like WEB-INF, or so? And how to access such
a file, then?

For a web application, it's overkill to use a .ear file (unless you're
talking about a full-blown j2ee application, including EJB's, tc).

Web applications have a WEB-INF directory. By design, this directory is
protected: no browser may access it. Your servlet may however, using (for
example) javax.servlet.ServletConfig#getResource(String).

For property files etc, I'd still put them in the classpath however, and
use (for example) Class#getesource(String).