Include certificates in .ear file

Question

Howdy,
I have a fairly simple application which makes a secure connection to a far-end server with code like this:
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore", keystoreFilename);
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword", password);
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStoreType", "pkcs12");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", truststoreFilename);
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword", trustStorePassword);
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStoreType", "JKS");
URL myURL = new URL(myURLName);
HttpURLConnection servletConnection = (HttpURLConnection) myURL.openConnection();
Currently, I must access keystoreFile and truststoreFile using absolute paths on the server, which creates a dependency between my ear file and the server's filespace.
Instead, I'd like to package the keystoreFile and truststoreFile within an ear file, so that the ear file would contain everything necessary to run the application. Is this possible? What would the pathnames (keystoreFilename, truststoreFilename) look like to reference these certificates within the ear file?
Any pointers to documentation or examples would be greatly appreciated,
patrick

Answer 1

Howdy,
Many thanks for your reply ... but I'm still having troubles.I'm failing when I try to use relative paths to access the certificates. Based on this code, it appears that I'm referencing the server's home instead of my container's home ...<br>
        File inputDirectory  = new File("./WEB-INF");
        fl.append(inputDirectory.getAbsolutePath() + "<br>");
        File[] files = inputDirectory.listFiles();
        if (files == null)
            fl.append("listFiles returned a null list<br>");
        else if (files.length == 0)
            fl.append("0 files in directory<br>");
        else
            for( int n = 0; n < files.length; ++n ) {
                fl = fl.append(files[n].getName() + "<br>");
        }yields
     /opt/oracle/oracleas1012/j2ee/home/./WEB-INF
     listFiles returned a null listAm I on the right track, or is something magical supposed to happen to locate the files I need?
Any help appreciated,
patrick