Transferring files between web applications running in the same Tomcat Instance

I have two web applications running in the same Tomcat Instance. In one of these applications the user will have the ability to upload files such as images and pdf files. I would like the uploaded files to be available to the second application.

Is there a best practice for such a scenario? Or just a pointer to a technology would be fine.

I considered using web services but wondered if it was overkill.

Thanks Vincent

Asked by: First Name291 | Posted: 21-01-2022

Answer 1

Cheap, bad answer - have both applications softlink to a shared directory. This has the benefit of being stupid-simple to do but has evil transactional-type issues. Since you say that only one application is changing the data, and the other is read-only you might be able to get away with it, as long as the second app can't observe files in a partially created state.

Using a db is transactionally safe but is going to be pretty unpleasant as the files get larger.

Answered by: Julian227 | Posted: 22-02-2022

Answer 2

I'd say it depends on how robust you need the file storage to be, and how transactional. The simplest way would be a shared directory that's on the classpath of both apps. A database would be a more robust, but more complex, solution.

Answered by: Melissa706 | Posted: 22-02-2022

Answer 3

You could shove the files into a shared database... this also lets you store meta data along with them.

Answered by: Chelsea927 | Posted: 22-02-2022

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