On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Bryan Austad wrote:
> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 10:23:58 -0700
> From: Bryan Austad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: Loading property files using ClassLoader.getSystemResource()
>
> Yes, I mean the getSystemResource is a static method. I call this static
> method from another static method....
>
> static public String formFullPath( String fName )
> {
> URL url;
>
> if (fName.charAt(0) == '/'){
> System.out.println("fName is " + fName);
> return fName;
> }
> url = ClassLoader.getSystemResource(fName);
> System.out.println("url is " + url);
> return (url == null) ? fName : url.getFile();
> }
>
> When I try using ClassLoader.getResource(fName), I get a compile error:
>
> non-static method getResource(java.lang.String) cannot be referenced
> from a
> static context
>
> How do I get around this?
>
One way is using the class loader that loaded your own class:
public class Foo {
static public String getBar() {
URL url = Foo.class.getClassLoader().getResource("baz");
...
}
...
}
Another way is to use the class loader for your web application, if you're
running inside Tomcat:
ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
URL = cl.getResource("baz");
This technique has a particular advantage: it will load the resource from
within /WEB-INF/classes or /WEB-INF/lib, even if the class you are calling
it from is loaded from a shared class loader (like the "lib" directory in
Tomcat).
Craig McClanahan
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