I'm very new to servlets. I'd like to serve some static files, some css and some javascript. Here's what I got so far:

• in web.xml:

  <servlet>
    <description></description>
    <display-name>StaticServlet</display-name>
    <servlet-name>StaticServlet</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>StaticServlet</servlet-class>
  </servlet>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>StaticServlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/static/*</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>

I'm assuming in the StaticServlet I'd have to work with request.getPathInfo to see what was requested, get a mime type, read the file & write it to the client.

If this is not the way to go, or is not a viable way of doing things, please suggest a better way. I'm not really sure where to place the static directory, because if I try to print new File(".") it gives me the directory of my Eclipse installation. Is there a way to find out the project's directory?