Sean Dowd wrote:
> I'm trying to load a properties file at startup in a servlet by doing a
>
> ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
> InputStream is = null;
> is = getServletContext().getResourceAsStream( propFileName );
> while(loader != null && is == null) {
> is = loader.getResourceAsStream( propFileName );
> loader = loader.getParent();
> }
>
> This is returning null under tomcat 3.2 but worked fine under 3.1. The
> file
> exists in my classes directory under WEB-INF.
>
> I've tried this with a leading / on the file name and without a leading
> / with the
> same results. The web app is defined in my server.xml and resides
> outside of
> $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps.
>
If you want to load a file that is under WEB-INF, you don't need to involve the
class loader at all. Simply use:
InputStream is =
getServletContext().getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/myprops.properties");
Craig McClanahan
