load files on tomcat

["Mark Miller" <markrmiller (at) gmail.com>]

> ,
> you could use ServletContext.getRealPath( ).  That will return the
> absolute path to the file, but only if the webapp isn't packed up as .war.
>
> --David
Why is this the case? Doesn't Tomcat extract to war to a webapp/warname
folder when it first accesses it?

- Mark