eclipse 3.2
file/new/Java/Tomcat Project(war)
follow dave's advice using ServletContext.getRealPath(...) to get absolute path
from relative path..
hth
Martin
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> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:05:58 -0800
> From: milanmilanov...@yahoo.com
> To: user@struts.apache.org
> Subject: Re: [OT] Re: [S2] Locating a file or resource in Web application
> (classpath issue)
>
>
> O.K. Thanks.
>
> When I deploy application to local Tomcat from my Eclipse environment it
> don't use WAR, but if I want to run my app on server's Tomcat I'll need to
> have application in war, isn't it ?
>
> --
> M.
>
>
> newton.dave wrote:
> >
> > --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Milan Milanovic wrote:
> >> If I try to say e.g.:
> >> PropertiesConfiguration config = new
> >> PropertiesConfiguration("/WEB-INF/users.properties");
> >
> > You're assuming path names are magically converted into web-app-relative
> > paths inside a web application; this isn't the case.
> >
> > Nor is this a classpath issue if you're trying to get files from the
> > filesystem. If you *are* trying to access resources from the classpath
> > then the resources would need to be on the classpath, which is
> > /WEB-INF/classes (by default, anyway).
> >
> > If you are accessing *filesystem* resources then you need to convert
> > web-app-relative paths like "/WEB-INF/users.properties" into an actual
> > path. Things like ServletContext.getRealPath(...) are good for that.
> >
> > Unless you're deploying an un-exploded WAR file, in which case it will
> > fail, which is why people like getting things from the classpath.
> >
> > Dave
> >
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