On 5/20/11 10:18 AM, forums_at_java.net wrote:
> Hi
>
> My managed bean will generate PDF based on the user inputs. These PDFs
> are
> temporary, it is only valid for one specific request. I'm wondering
> where is
> the correct directory I should generate these PDFs ...
>
> Currently, I'm generating these PDFs to
> C:\glassfish3\glassfish\domains\domain1\applications\myapp like this:
>
> ExternalContext context =
> FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext(); // path is
> C:\glassfish3\glassfish\domains\domain1\applications\myapp String path =
> context.getRealPath("/"); File temp = new File(path, "summary.pdf");
>
>
> Is there a better place to store temporary files?
You can use the /javax/./servlet/./context/./tempdir/ attribute
(provided by the Servlet container, free of charge). The value of this
attribute is of type File and is guaranteed to be a directory. When the
application is undeployed, this should be cleaned up.
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