Justin, I am facing the same problem. Your approach seems to be an elegent one. Would you mind eleborating on the idea a little bit more. Some code snippet would definitely be helpful.
I thank you in advance. niaz. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Ruthenbeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 4:06 PM Subject: Re: How to specify the location of a properties file. > > Shaun -- > > Consider dynamically loading the properties file from your classpath using > a class loader. This way, you can put the files anywhere you please and > just include that directory in your classpath (or put them someplace > already in your classpath). If you need more specifics, let me know and > I'd be happy to help... > > justin > > At 01:00 PM 10/7/2002, you wrote: > >I've got a servlet running under Tomcat and I need to read in the contents > >of a properties file. There will be different properties files for each > >system specified using an init parameter. > > > >I'm having problems reading this property file at the moment in my java > >class as the way I am doing it at the moment always looks where I started > >Tomcat from i.e the /bin directory. I can specify a full path to the file > >but this is not very system independent and limits me to either Windows or > >Unix. > > > >What I need is to specify the location of the file relative to the webapp > >directory. I have tried the url class but it doesn't seem to work, or > >maybe it is working but looking in a different place to where my > >properties file is. > > > >Can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong or provide any help on the use of > >urls in Tomcat? > > > >Thanks > > > > > >Shaun > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
