Creating a shared folder accross WebApps

[Kevin P Smith]

I know there are shared folders available for JARS, classes etc in Tomcat, but are there/is it possible to create a folder for images?

I jhave several webapps running off Tomcat (AT 5.5.12) all of which need access to a collection of images. What I don't want to have to do is, copy the same images in EVERY webapp (there are approx 1,500 images totalling around 120MB) so I was hoping I could create a shared/img folder or summin and well each webapp to look under there.

Is it possible!?

Cheers

[William Brogden]

is it possible to create a folder for images?

That depends on how you are serving the images! IF you are using img tags that point directly to an image file, the built in Tomcat default servlet will obey the web application rules that do not allow for a "shared" folder.
However, if you use your own image serving servlet, it can pick up images from anywhere.
Ben Souther has an example of a servlet for images - see Simple Stream on this site
Bill