A solution (other suggestions welcome !) :
set your absolute path to repository in a OJB.properties file (and put it on
/WEB-INF/lib or /WEB-INF/classes directory)
repositoryFile=C:/conf-dir/repository.xml
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From: "Martin Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 11:45 PM
Subject: newbie - can't find repository xml files
>
> I have managed to get OJB working in a stand-alone app - but now I want to
> get it working under Tomcat.
>
> The error I am getting is:
>
> Caused by: org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.MetadataException: Could not
read
> repository class descriptor data, using repository: repository.xml:
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\repository.xml (The system cannot find the file
> specified)
>
> Why oh why is it looking there for my repository.xml???
>
> I thought it only had to be on the class path to be found. Mine is in my
> WEB-INF dir.
>
> My OJB.properties file is in the uk.co.smitek.'appname' level of my
package
> hierarchy. Is that correct?
>
> Should I be using
>
> broker = PersistenceBrokerFactory.defaultPersistenceBroker();
>
> or
>
> PBKey pbKey = new PBKey("default");
> broker = PersistenceBrokerFactory.createPersistenceBroker(pbKey);
>
> to get a broker?
>
> Please help!!!!!
>
> Martin
>
>
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