How to access Assets outside of webapp context root

[Raymond <pp...@hotmail.com>]

Hi Tapestry users,

Can I access files stored anywhere in the filesystem not under the webapp 
context root using Tapestry' Asset mechanism?

I tried to use ExternalAsset but found that it only accepts a URL which must 
point to web resources. I only want to use files on the same app server but 
not under the webapp context dir as assets. How can I possibly do that?

Thanks very much.
Raymond 

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Re: How to access Assets outside of webapp context root

[Kent Tong <ke...@cpttm.org.mo>]

Raymond <pps18033 <at> hotmail.com> writes:

> Can I access files stored anywhere in the filesystem not under the webapp 
> context root using Tapestry' Asset mechanism?
> 
> I tried to use ExternalAsset but found that it only accepts a URL which must 
> point to web resources. I only want to use files on the same app server but 
> not under the webapp context dir as assets. How can I possibly do that?

External asset should work unless your file is not
in any webapp context (not just your own context).
In such case you may try using 
file:///C|/myDir/myFile as the URL.



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