Give this site a try
http://balusc.blogspot.com/2007/07/fileservlet.html
Dennis
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:35 PM, <glassfish_at_javadesktop.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Currently I am in a situation where I dont want to use mod_jk or mod_ajp and I want to serve images with glassfish. Thus, I wrote a servlet that opens the file and streams it tru the servlet.
>
> It works all fine, but I noticed that normal files i get tru glassfish does have Etag response header. I am also using a servlet filter that calculates and puts an Expires header.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1. Is there any way of making glassfish access external files (for example files under /var/pictures)
>
> 2. How can I calculate the Etag header. it is something like W\"somenumber-someothernumber"
>
> Best.
>
> -C.B.
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