you may want to try ServletContext.getResourceAsStream()
getServletContext().getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/classes/myprop.properties"
);
Charlie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Klein, Scott @ TW [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 7:37 PM
> To: 'Tomcat Users List'
> Subject: RE: Loading properties file for an external class
>
>
> Well, I have no idea why - but I switched to using a
> ResourceBundle and it
> worked.
>
> It doesn't seem like it should matter - except for how a
> bundle obtains its
> class loader.
>
> If anyone has some insight into _why_ this fixed the problem....
>
> In the meantime, thanks for the help!
>
>
>
> scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 4:26 PM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: Re: Loading properties file for an external class
>
>
> > JSP page:
> > <%@ page import="my.pkg.Class" %>
> >
> > Class source:
> > try {
> > InputStream is =
> > this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(File.separatorChar +
> "Prop.properties");
> > this.props.load(is);
> > } catch( Throwable t ) {
> > }
>
> Not sure about this method since we just use ResourceBundle
> and it does all
> of the classpath searching for us:
>
> try
> {
> // if you put Prop.properties in your base
> WEB-INF/classes/Prop.properties
> java.util.ResouceBundle bundle =
> java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle("Prop"); // the
> .properties is assumed
>
> // or if you put Prop.properties in a package name:
> WEB-INF/classes/com/host/config/Prop.properties
> java.util.ResouceBundle bundle =
> java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle("com.host.config.Prop"); // the
> .properties is assumed
> java.util.Enumeration keys = bundle.getKeys();
>
> String oneProp = bundle.getString("oneprop");
> }
> catch( java.util.MissingResourceException e )
> {
> String msg = "PropertiesFile - Could not load
> properties file '"
> + bundleName + "': " + e.getMessage();
> throw e;
> }
>
>
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