[general] ClassLoader question

[Simon Kitching]

Hi y'all

I'm puzzled by the behaviour of the Class.getResourceAsStream vs
ClassLoader.getResourceAsStream methods.

I'm trying to implement the recommended "java service provider" pattern,
which involves looking for a file with the name of an API class
in /META-INF/services, but I can't seem to get the file when using a
specific ClassLoader.

Can anyone suggest why the following code might print this?
  Found via class
  Not found via classloader

==== code ====

InputStream s1 = LogTest.class.getResourceAsStream(
  "/META-INF/services/org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory");
if (s1 == null) {
  System.out.println("Not found via class");
} else {
  System.out.println("Found via class");
  s1.close();
}

InputStream s2 = LogTest.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(
  "/META-INF/services/org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory");
if (s2 == null) {
  System.out.println("Not found via classloader");
} else {
  System.out.println("Found via classloader");
  s2.close();
}


I've tried sun java 1.4.2 and 1.5.0_04 and got the same results.

Thanks,

Simon


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