Actually, you can load properties files from anywhere in your classpath if
you use:
java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle
My problem here is that the TurbineConfig class requires a path. It doesn't
allow me to just pass it a Properties object.
At 05:30 PM 1/31/2002, you wrote:
>I've been able to use configuration files with jars for another application
>that I have done. I have not tried many different things, but I've found
>that if I put the config file in the root directory of the jar and then
>create a File object with the name of the config file, then everything seems
>to work OK.
>
>my jar structure was
>
>config.properties
>com/mycompany/app/Class1
>com/mycompany/app/Class2
>
>The code in say, Class1 that read the properties file is
>
>File f = new File("config.properties");
>java.util.Properties prop = new java.util.Properties();
>prop.load(new FileInputStream(f));
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Joel
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Geoff Fortytwo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:19 AM
> > To: Turbine Users List
> > Subject: TurbineConfig constructor that doesn't use path
> >
> >
> > The TurbineConfig class requires a path to the
> > TurbineResources.properties.
> > This means that it's impossible to store the
> > TurbineResources.properties
> > file inside a jar file. It also means that I'm forced to use
> > the same path
> > on different machines or specify the path in some external way.
> >
> > It would be better if TurbineConfig had an additional
> > constructor which
> > allows the user to specify a class location. TurbineConfig
> > would then use
> > the java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle function to load the
> > properties file.
> >
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