Use java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle().
-- Bill K.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Colic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 6:51 AM
> To: Tomcat-User
> Subject: how to access a properties file as a resource.
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a properties file in the web-inf directory of my web
> app. How can I
> access that file. It holds my localization settings I have tried.
>
> String pathSeperator =File.separator.
>
> InputStream is=context.getResourceAsStream("Web-inf" + pathSeperator +
> "pwWorkRequestProLocalization");
>
> PropertyResourceBundle res= new PropertyResourceBundle(is);
>
> When the input stream tryes to get the resource I get the
> following Tomcat
> error:
>
> Ctx( ): Unsafe path C:\JBuilder4\Projects\pwWorkRequest
> /Web-inf\pwWorkRequestProLocalization"
>
> And when the PropertyResourceBundle tries to read the input
> stream I get a
> nullpointerexception.
>
> I have tried various strings to pass to
> context.getResourceAsStream() but I
> have not been successful. Any help is appreciated.
>
>
