> > getResource is the most flexible but getRealPath should work
> just fine in
> > most cases.
> >
> > What do you think.
>
> getResource() works always (i.e. even if your servlet engine is
> clustered and the actual file doesn't reside on the disk), getRealPath()
> doesn't.
>
> Sure, tomcat doesn't make use of clustered enviornments very well, but
> this may not be the case in the future.
>
> Just consider this when you evaluate the two.
>
> (I myself proposed to deprecate getRealPath() in the servlet expert
> group but got rejected)

I guess that settles it then! getResource() is just cooler anyways ;-)

Is the idea still to get the cocoon.xconf in the /cocoon/WEB-INF/ folder,
yet still have the site work relative to the root docBase for the Cocoon Web
App?

-david