retrieve file outside the webapps folder using HTTP

Hi All,I need to retrieve a file outside the tomcat container and show it on the web, any ideas? The files are stored somewhere on the server.thanks,Sherry
[183 byte] By [sherryswyua] at [2007-11-27 7:50:37]
# 1
You go through a Servlet. The request goes to a servlet that reads the file from the filesystem and streams it to the browser through the servletoutputstream.
tolmanka at 2007-7-12 19:31:39 > top of Java-index,Enterprise & Remote Computing,Web Tier APIs...
# 2
thank you very much.
sherryswyua at 2007-7-12 19:31:39 > top of Java-index,Enterprise & Remote Computing,Web Tier APIs...