Howdy,
>*But* this did not work, which I guess is a "relative issue":
>
>...
> public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException {
> super.init(config);
> try {
> this.passwordFile = config.getInitParameter( "passwordFile"
);
> this.passwords = new Properties();
> passwords.load( new FileInputStream( passwordFile );
> } catch( IOException ioe ) {}
> }
>...
>
>Can someone summarize why the second example does not work with
relative
>paths? I understand why the first one does.
Two reasons, one certain and one possible:
1. Certainly, using a FileXXX class will attempt to interpret the init
parameter value (/WEB-INF...) is an absolute path, because that's how
absolute paths are defined for files.
2. If you happen to be running from a packed .war file, you may NPE when
trying to construct a FileInputStream as File-based accesses are not a
given in a packed .war.
Yoav Shapira
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