Thread context classloader: Format of property file URI

[Rajini Sivaram]

Hello,

Can the URI used to specify the location of a property file containing the
value of a property be relative, or should it always be absolute? If it can
be relative, what is it relative to?

I couldn't find anything in the SCA Assembly Model Spec which gave the
format of the URI. All I could find was:

   -  file (optional) – a deferencable URI to a file containing a value
   for the property


The code which currently finds the file using this URI is


*org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.builder.impl.PropertyUtil.loadFromFile(String
file) {
    ...
         if (!uri.isAbsolute()) {
            //FIXME Should already be given an absolute file
            url = Thread.currentThread
().getContextClassLoader().getResource(file);
        } else {
            url = uri.toURL();
        }
    ...
}*

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If it is possible to specify a relative URI, should it be resolved using the
contribution classloader using contribution import/export to read property
files from other contributions (similar to other artifacts)?


Thank you...

Regards,

Rajini