I do the same thing. I generate PDF files, and use the attribute Ryan
references. It works perfectly fine.
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Ryan Lubke <ryan.lubke_at_oracle.com> wrote:
> 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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