Re: context path

Louis:

> Yes, I think it would be helpful. In the meantime I can use the
> keel.config.dir property as you mentioned.

I've added the change to CVS (keel-client module). It now saves the "real path" of "/" in the request attribute "contextPath". 

> Thanks for your responses today 

Anytime!

> -- I've been playing with keel for a
> couple weeks now and so far I'm very happy with it. The tutorial went
> very smoothly for me and afterwards I found it easy to convert an
> existing service I had written for a turbine application to an
> avalonized keel service and plug it into my new keel app. Very nice!

Very good to hear - and I know the whole group (especially Shash, who wrote the tutorial!) appreciates the feedback. Any comments/observations/gripes, etc that you may have are always welcome, as it helps us understand what needs work.

Regards,

Mike

> 
> Thanks again,
> Lou
> 
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> To: user-6VIttnCrOeJXNEnpj1eHPNi2O/[email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Keel User] context path
> 
> Louis:
> 
> Further thought: It would be *very* easy (like 1 line of code easy) to
> add this value (the current context path) to the request attributes
> passed from the client, just like we do the sessionid and IPaddress of
> the client now. In fact, it's probably a handy thing to have.
> 
> If this would be useful, let me know I'll slap it in there.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 16:12:53 -0400
> "Michael Nash JGlobal.com" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Louis:
> > 
> > By context path, you mean the current directory in which the webapp is
> running? There are some circumstances (e.g. running in distributed mode)
> where this might not be meaningful to a Keel model, so as far as I know
> there's no way to access it directly. There is, however, a system
> property (keel.config.dir) that can tell you what directory the server
> is running within, which you can use to determine the current directory
> of the Keel instance. If it's a single-VM instance (e.g. running in a
> webapp, which is the default), this will give you the webapp path too.
> > 
> > Try System.getProperty("keel.config.dir") and see if it's helpful.
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 14:42:43 -0700
> > "Louis Moore" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Is there a method for getting the context path within a model, from
> the
> > > ModelRequest object maybe? Sorry if this is a no-brainer but I can't
> > > seem to find a way.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Lou 
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