Hum.. Good questions.. I think that I am more suggesting that we need to be smarter in ConfigurationFactory..
To me, it sees like you should be using a URL to locate it. Take a looksee at TestConfigurationUtils. So, I guess I'm saying I'm not real sure! Eric > -----Original Message----- > From: Antonio Fiol Bonnin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 2:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Jakarta Commons Users List > Subject: Re: [configuration] How to load from a resource (as opposed to > a file) > > > Hi Eric, > > I am really glad the issue can be solved (and will be). > > WRT the unit test, I find it a bit complicated to isolate, but I may > try to create a few classes for that. But anyway, what I would need to > know is what the expected behaviour is. In other words: what am I > supposed to have in the fileName attribute to read from a resource? > > Thank you very much. > > > Antonio Fiol > > > On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:38:00 +0200, Eric Pugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi.. > > > > I think, and Emmanuel, can you verify for me, that we need to change the > > ConfigurationFactory to use the new file locating stuff? Right > now I think > > the problem is that in > ConfigurationFactory.FileConfigurationFactory, the > > logic for finding a file sucks.. I think the whole basePath is wrong.. > > > > Antonio, if you could send in a unit test demonstrating this, that would > > really help verify that any changes we make solve your problem. > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Antonio Fiol Bonnin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 8:48 PM > > > To: Jakarta Commons Users List > > > Subject: [configuration] How to load from a resource (as opposed to a > > > file) > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > <configuration> > > > <hierarchicalDom4j fileName="someFile.xml" /> > > > </configuration> > > > > > > looks for someFile.xml in the same place as the containing xml. Looks > > > good... unless the containing XML is a resource. > > > > > > Possibly due to a bug on ClassLoader implementation in both Tomcat and > > > IBM WAS, if the containing file is in a jar file in WEB-INF/lib, and > > > someFile.xml is in the same package (to make it simpler) in > > > WEB-INF/classes/package/name, the file is not properly loaded, for > > > different reasons in each App server. > > > > > > So the question is: Can I state something like... > > > filename="resource:package/name/someFile.xml" that would ultimately > > > resolve to the right file in the right place? > > > > > > Do I have an alternative other than translating the XML into code that > > > creates the right Configuration objects (in a CompositeConfiguration), > > > but giving each the right URL I got from Class.getResource(String) ? > > > > > > Thank you very much. > > > > > > > > > Antonio Fiol > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
