5 Replies Latest reply on Mar 27, 2014 12:45 PM by Humberto Ferreira da Luz Jr.

Load image from outside the web context in JBoss AS 7

Humberto Ferreira da Luz Jr. May 7, 2013 8:40 AM

I created a topic in primefaces forum to ask how to access an image out of the context relative path inside the project which is deployed in JBoss AS 7.1.

kukeltje said I can solve my issue by a servlet filter. I researched about it and found out this thread in stack overflow.

According to BalusC I can also do that in tomcat and glassfish by doing the following:

Add a new <Context> to the servletcontainer with a docBase which points to the absolute disk file system location of the folder with those images. How to do that depends on the container used. In case of for example Tomcat, that'll be the following new entry in /conf/server.xml:<Context docBase="/path/to/images" path="/images" />

In case of for example Glassfish, that'll be the following entry in glassfish-web.xml:

<property name="alternatedocroot_1" value="from=/images/* dir=/path/to" />

This way I would be able to reference an image through relative path /images which could be located anywhere in my filesystem.

Is there a similar way to do that in JBoss AS 7?

1. Re: Load image from outside the web context in JBoss AS 7

lily can Mar 26, 2014 11:06 PM (in response to Humberto Ferreira da Luz Jr.)

no idea whether we can load image like that in JBoss AS. but if it does support, then things would become more easier. any idea on this? thank you.
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2. Re: Load image from outside the web context in JBoss AS 7

Tomaz Cerar Mar 27, 2014 9:39 AM (in response to Humberto Ferreira da Luz Jr.)

Humberto Ferreira da Luz Jr. wrote:

This way I would be able to reference an image through relative path /images which could be located anywhere in my filesystem.

Is there a similar way to do that in JBoss AS 7?

I would suggest you upgrade to WildFly 8 which provides this in undertow subsystem.
even default welcome content is served just like that.

for example
you would add:

<location name="/images" handler="images-handler">

under host <host>

and

<file name="images-handler" path="/some/where/on/your/drive" directory-listing="true|false"/>

under handlers

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tomaz
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3. Re: Load image from outside the web context in JBoss AS 7

Humberto Ferreira da Luz Jr. Mar 27, 2014 10:31 AM (in response to Tomaz Cerar)

I'm still waiting Wildfly to get more stable, but it's nice to know that it already supports that feature.
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4. Re: Load image from outside the web context in JBoss AS 7

Tomaz Cerar Mar 27, 2014 11:01 AM (in response to Humberto Ferreira da Luz Jr.)

Humberto Ferreira da Luz Jr. wrote:

I'm still waiting Wildfly to get more stable, but it's nice to know that it already supports that feature.

And what would define that?
you have any special issue you should probably report it.
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5. Re: Load image from outside the web context in JBoss AS 7

Humberto Ferreira da Luz Jr. Mar 27, 2014 12:45 PM (in response to Tomaz Cerar)

Originally this: org.infinispan.commons.CacheException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure to marshal argument(s)

My last post describes the issue I faced after the CacheException was solved. Unfortunately I wasn't able to identify what exactly caused it in order to make a reproducer application.

I'm going to wait for the 8.0.1 release and then try again.
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