Tomcat 3.2.2 and application.getResource(path)

[ca buki]

I'm running a web application that has JSPs written in multiple languages, with each language in it's own directory. Some pages don't exist yet in some languages and if it doesn't, it defaults back to the default. I'm using the following call to determine if a .jsp exists in the current language and if it doesn't call up the default.

if ( application.getResource(task) == null )
    task = defpath + files.get("DEFAULT");

This works fine in Weblogic using a .war file, but when testing locally on a Tomcat server, it returns a URL, regardless if it really exists. Is there a better way to test if a file exists that's compatible with Tomcat and Weblogic?