Defining directory alias weblogic http

Question

hi all
          I think I have asked this question twice before and I have received feedback
          from other developers that they want to know the answer as well. However I
          haven't gotten any answer from weblogic yet. so PLEASE weblogic support, say
          at least yes or no.
          We want to define directory alias in weblogic (with 3.1.8). Exactly the same
          as in MS IIS directory alias or virtual directory. In the other words, we
          want a path in http URL points to somewhere in the local system, such as
          http://localhost/download -> c:\download_area\
          http://localhost/upload -> d:\upload_area\
          http://localhost/update/games -> e:\games_upload\
          etc...
          What I learn from weblogic documentation is that all files must under one
          root, i.e. the weblogic.httpd.documentRoot=c:/weblogic/
          It mentions the use of FileServlet, but I found it is useless. what is the
          point for doing
          weblogic.httpd.register.download=weblogic.servlet.FileServlet
          weblogic.httpd.register.upload=weblogic.servlet.FileServlet
          if "download" and "upload" pointed to the same local directory!?
          So, my questions is: Can directory alias be implemented in Weblogic 3.1.8?
          If not, how about weblogic 4.0?
          If still not, is there any work around or alternative solutions? How about
          if we are willing to do some minimual coding to get it to work?
          Thanks
          Ben
          p.s. if there is an answer exist to this question, please point me to there.
          thanks
          p.p.s. i can't give up this question because (1) it is important to us, we
          don't want to run weblogic and IIS at the same time (2) I can't believe
          weblogic can't do this. I think it is just missing in the documentation. It
          is such a basic feature in ANY web server
          

Answer 1

Ben,
          docHome may be deprecated, but it still should work for you. It does for me.
          -rrc
          Ben Hui wrote:
          > Mark,
          >
          > Thanks for the reply, but it doesn't work. We are using weblogic 3.1.8 here
          > and I got the following message
          >
          > Wed Sep 22 16:15:59 EDT 1999:<I> <HTTP-Servlets>
          > weblogic.servlet.FileServlet: init
          > Wed Sep 22 16:15:59 EDT 1999:<I> <HTTP-Servlets>
          > weblogic.servlet.FileServlet: docHome parameter deprecated, check
          > documentation for alternative
          >
          > I checked weblogic documentation, and it says
          >
          > ---
          > weblogic.servlet.FileServlet serves standard HTML files and other MIME
          > resources located in the document root. Note that this registration has
          > changed: There is now only one initArg for this servlet, defaultFilename.
          > The initArg dochome has been superseded by the more flexible document root
          > property. Although dochome is still supported for backwards compatibility,
          > if document root is set, the dochome argument will be ignored. If the
          > requested file isn't found, FileServlet serves the file set as the
          > defaultFilename.
          > ---
          >
          > So I remove all definitions of documentRoot and try it again. It still
          > doesn't work. I tried to replace 'docHome' with 'dochome' and
          > 'documentRoot', it gave me NullPointerException... any ideas?
          >
          > Thanks
          >
          > Ben
          >
          > Mark Griffith <[email protected]> wrote in message
          > news:[email protected]...
          > > Ok here is your answer. NO.
          > >
          > > Just kidding. :)
          > >
          > > The FileServlet has an additional init arg docHome.
          > >
          > > Thus you can do:
          > >
          > > weblogic.httpd.register.download_area=weblogic.servlet.FileServlet
          > > weblogic.httpd.initArgs.download_area=docHome=c:\download_area\
          > >
          > > weblogic.httpd.register.upload_area=weblogic.servlet.FileServlet
          > > weblogic.httpd.initArgs.upload_area=docHome=d:\upload_area\
          > >
          > > weblogic.httpd.register.games_upload=weblogic.servlet.FileServlet
          > > weblogic.httpd.initArgs.games_upload=docHome=e:\games_upload\
          > >
          > > This is not as elegant as it should be as this creates four instances of
          > the
          > > FileServlet (including the default registration).
          > >
          > > Cheers
          > > Mark G.
          > >
          > > Ben Hui wrote:
          > >
          > > > hi all
          > > >
          > > > I think I have asked this question twice before and I have received
          > feedback
          > > > from other developers that they want to know the answer as well. However
          > I
          > > > haven't gotten any answer from weblogic yet. so PLEASE weblogic support,
          > say
          > > > at least yes or no.
          > > >
          > > > We want to define directory alias in weblogic (with 3.1.8). Exactly the
          > same
          > > > as in MS IIS directory alias or virtual directory. In the other words,
          > we
          > > > want a path in http URL points to somewhere in the local system, such as
          > > >
          > > > http://localhost/download -> c:\download_area\
          > > > http://localhost/upload -> d:\upload_area\
          > > > http://localhost/update/games -> e:\games_upload\
          > > > etc...
          > > >
          > > > What I learn from weblogic documentation is that all files must under
          > one
          > > > root, i.e. the weblogic.httpd.documentRoot=c:/weblogic/
          > > > It mentions the use of FileServlet, but I found it is useless. what is
          > the
          > > > point for doing
          > > >
          > > > weblogic.httpd.register.download=weblogic.servlet.FileServlet
          > > > weblogic.httpd.register.upload=weblogic.servlet.FileServlet
          > > >
          > > > if "download" and "upload" pointed to the same local directory!?
          > > >
          > > > So, my questions is: Can directory alias be implemented in Weblogic
          > 3.1.8?
          > > > If not, how about weblogic 4.0?
          > > > If still not, is there any work around or alternative solutions? How
          > about
          > > > if we are willing to do some minimual coding to get it to work?
          > > >
          > > > Thanks
          > > >
          > > > Ben
          > > >
          > > > p.s. if there is an answer exist to this question, please point me to
          > there.
          > > > thanks
          > > > p.p.s. i can't give up this question because (1) it is important to us,
          > we
          > > > don't want to run weblogic and IIS at the same time (2) I can't believe
          > > > weblogic can't do this. I think it is just missing in the documentation.
          > It
          > > > is such a basic feature in ANY web server
          > >
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