I have a dynamic web project (JSP) on Eclipse that runs on a tomcat server. I create files with GraphViz code, and then I create images with a system call of DOT and I place them in a subdirectory of the project.
All of that works, but now the issue is to show the created images in a JSP page.
As the images are dynamically created they are not in the server neither in the project subdirectory until I manually refresh the project at the workspace.
To solve this problem that I have tried to use the aspectj libraries that contains the IWorkspace, IProject, IFile classes, but it seems that that usefull only if you are developing an Eclipse plugin.
I am thinking about another way to refresh the workspace dinamically or upload the images to the tomcat server.
So the questions are:
- how to upload files (images) to a tomcat server with Java (JSP)?
- how to refresh the workspace dinamically in a non Eclipse (or Eclipse plugin) project?
- how to show images in a JSP page that are not in the project workspace neither in the tomcat server?
Take a look at Tomcat plugin for Eclipse. It probably should help you to solve the root of problems.