Hi Mehdi, you could get the resource stream from within a servlet's init() method (where you have a ServletContext) and pass it to the other object that needs it.
I do it pretty similar. But instead of passing the stream I pass the servletContext. Andreas On 8 Oct 2002 at 15:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > There was no ServletContext.getResourceAsStream () ... maybe this is > because the whole project is a bunch of utilities for my web-app, and is > not a webapp itself ? The class that needs the properties file, is not part > of the webapp. So anyway, i tried the closest available method.. (or so i > thought); > > p.load( javax.servlet.ServletContext.class.getResourceAsStream( > "/WEB-INF/myprops.properties") ); > > which also did not work. > > Cheers, > > Mehdi > > Mehdi Nejad - Senior Developer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Bluewave Ltd - Online Creations > http://www.bluewave.com > Tel. +44 (0)20 7479 8394 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > "Andreas Probst" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Tomcat Users List" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > cc: > > Subject: Re: How to specify the >location of a properties file. > 08/10/2002 13:57 > > Please respond to > > "Tomcat Users > > List" > > > > > > > > > > Hi Mehdi, > > I have my properties file in /WEB-INF. Eclipse doesn't delete it > there. I access it with > > InputStream propsIn = servletContext.getResourceAsStream("/WEB- > INF/dms.properties"); > props.load(propsIn); > > As far as I know this also works when the web-app ist deployed > as a war without expansion. > > Hope that helps. > > Andreas > > > > On 8 Oct 2002 at 12:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > I use the getResourceAsStram() method also, but i find that my IDE, tends > > to remove the properties file from my classpath, as soon as I do a build, > > which is not nice. > > > > In the particular case i have now, I don't want to specify the parameters > > in my web.xml, because the utility that requires a properties file, is > not > > actually a web-app, rather a bunch of utility classes used by my webapp. > > Im not keen to implement a "setProperties()" method, as this would mean > > changing stuff, so im just re-copying the properties into my classes > folder > > after each build.. (unless someone can tell me how to tell WSAD to stop > > deleting my properties file... but .. *ahem* thats not a Tomcat question > :) > > > > Cheers, > > > > Mehdi > > > > > > > > > > > > > Justin Ruthenbeck > > > <justinr@nextengi To: "Tomcat Users > List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ne.com> cc: > > > Subject: Re: How to > specify the location of a properties file. > > 07/10/2002 22:20 > > > Please respond to > > > "Tomcat Users > > > List" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Niaz ... > > > > The idea is to load the properties file like you would any other java > > resource at runtime ... this is (almost) always better, IMHO, than using > > something J2EE-specific like initialization parameters to a servlet. > > > > The relevant code would look something like this: > > > > InputStream inStream = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/my.props"); > > Properties props = new Properties(inStream); > > > > or > > > > Properties prop = new Properties(); > > prop.load(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream > ("/MyProperties.properties")); > > > > There was a thread some time ago that went over this. You can see the > > details at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org/msg63518.html > > > > Hope this helps... > > justin > > > > > > At 01:40 PM 10/7/2002, you wrote: > > >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]> > > > > > > -- > > 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]> > > > > > > -- > 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]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
