Where should i store .jsp pages

[Vivek Saxena]

Hi,
I have very simple question. could someone please help me or provide me some direction so that i can better understand the concept?
Q.
where should i keep all the web component (like jsp page, htmlpage, etc..)? what is the best practice in real world?
should i put them under the root directory of my web application? or should i create a directory under root directory? or should i put then under the "web-inf" directory?
I have an idea that if we put our jsp pages under "web-inf" directory then they are secured, no one can directly access them.
But i don't know how and is it a good idea to put jsp pages in "web-inf" directory?

please do help me!

Thanks
Vivek

[Jessica Sant]

Originally posted by Vivek Saxena:
Q.
where should i keep all the web component (like jsp page, htmlpage, etc..)? what is the best practice in real world?
should i put them under the root directory of my web application? or should i create a directory under root directory? or should i put then under the "web-inf" directory?
I have an idea that if we put our jsp pages under "web-inf" directory then they are secured, no one can directly access them.
But i don't know how and is it a good idea to put jsp pages in "web-inf" directory?

You've got it -- Don't put your JSP/HTML/Images or other content you want served up in your web application in the WEB-INF directory -- like you said, they will be secured and will not be accessible.
The standard structure for a Web App is this:
Things with a * are required locations... things without are more suggested best practices....

/root
 |_ jsp and html * -- sub directories here too for organizational purposes
 |_ /images
 |   |_ blah.jpg -- and other images
 |_ /WEB-INF * 
     |_ web.xml * -- deployment descriptor for web app
     |_ /tlds -- tag lib defn's go here
     |_ /classes * -- all compiled java classes go here
     |_ /lib * -- all JARs go here
     |_ /src -- source code goes here

[ May 09, 2002: Message edited by: Jessica Sant ]