On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Sanjay Bahal wrote:
> Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 12:00:17 -0800 (PST)
> From: Sanjay Bahal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: RE: Working Directory
>
> Thanks Mark & Craig.
> My situation is slightly different. I am trying to
> read the property file from a Java class on the
> server(not the servlet). I would think there would be
> a way around to do this- else I can work around to
> pass a param to the helper class.
Consider using getClass().getResourceAsStream("myprops.properties") for
this kind of purpose. This looks for "myprops.properties" on your class
path, and loads it from wherever the classes themselves are found (either
an unpacked directory or a JAR file).
> Thanks
> Sanjay
Craig
> --- "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Wagoner, Mark wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 11:38:31 -0500
> > > From: "Wagoner, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Reply-To: Tomcat Users List
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: 'Tomcat Users List'
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> > > Subject: RE: Working Directory
> > >
> > > I place my properties files in the WEB-INF
> > directory and do the following to
> > > find them -
> > >
> > > String webInfFolder =
> > getServletContext().getRealPath("/WEB-INF")
> > >
> >
> > This only works if the app is run from an unpacked
> > directory, which is not
> > guaranteed to be portable (not every server supports
> > running this way).
> > The best way to read a properties file is to put it
> > in the WEB-INF
> > subdirectory and use something like:
> >
> > Properties props = new Properties();
> > InputStream stream =
> >
> >
> getServletContext().getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/myprops.properties");
> > props.load(stream);
> > stream.close();
> >
> > which is guaranteed to be portable to any server.
> >
> > Craig
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Sanjay Bahal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 11:34 AM
> > > To: tomcat
> > > Subject: Working Directory
> > >
> > >
> > > I am trying to read a properties file from my
> > servlet.
> > > It always comes back saying file not found. I have
> > > tried placing the file in
> > > classes/web-inf/context-path. Ideally I would like
> > to
> > > lace it in my classes directory- How do I achieve
> > it.
> > > Thanks
> > > Sanjay
> > >
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