Yes. This works. Thank you for the portability advice. J. Haller
-----Original Message----- From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 12:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Finding Resources w/ Tomcat 4.0 On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Will Stranathan wrote: > Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 13:58:41 -0500 > From: Will Stranathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Finding Resources w/ Tomcat 4.0 > > Your webapp is in a different classloader. Webapps each get > their own new classloader. > > Use something like this: > > ClassLoader loader = getClass().getClassLoader(); > In addition to this, you should be aware that your proposed code will fail if your webapp is being run directly from a WAR file rather than from an unpacked directory. A portable way to do this sort of thing would be: URL url = getClassLoader().getClass().getResource ("/com/company/app/PropertiesFile.properties"); InputStream in = url.openStream(); Properties props = new Properties(); props.load(in); in.close(); > Will Stranathan > Craig McClanahan > On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 11:49:29 -0700 > "Haller, Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a class that loads initialization properties > > from a .properties text file in the same directory as the > > class. > > > > The class resides in > > /TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/myapp/WEB-INF/classes/com/company/app/PropertiesClass.c > > lass > > Properties reside in > > /TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/myapp/WEB-INF/classes/com/company/app/PropertiesFile.pr > > operties > > > > I have a static initializer in PropertiesClass that > > builds the properties as > > follows: > > > > ... > > ClassLoader loader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(); > > URL url = > > loader.getResource("com/company/app/PropertiesFile.properties"); > > File file = new File(url.getFile()); > > FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(file); > > Properties props = new Properties(); > > props.load(in); > > ... > > > > Loading the properties in stand-alone through a test main > > method executes > > correctly: > > > > i.e. > > > > /TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/myapp/WEB-INF/classes> java > > com.company.app.PropertiesClass > > > > However, when I use this class in Tomcat 4.0 the static > > initializer cannot > > find > > the file. The class is being loaded but the > > .getResource() method in line 2 > > above > > is not working correctly. > > > > Any ideas here? > > > > Many thanks. > > J. Haller > >
