Referring to file resources

[Greg Holmberg]

Hi UIMA users--


So, it seems like I should put configuration files for my primitive annotator 
in "conf".

Then, in the descriptor, I created an externalResourceDependency to represent 
the path to the directory containing the configuration files, and an 
externalResource:

    <externalResourceDependency>
      <key>configDir</key>
      <description/>
      <optional>false</optional>
    </externalResourceDependency>
...
    <externalResource>
      <name>com.foo.bar.configDir</name>
      <description/>
      <fileResourceSpecifier>
        <fileUrl>X</fileUrl>
      </fileResourceSpecifier>
    </externalResource>
...
    <externalResourceBinding>
      <key>configDir</key>
      <resourceName>com.foo.bar.configDir</resourceName>
    </externalResourceBinding>

I've tried a lot of values for X, trying to get it to point to the conf dir.  
For example, file:///../conf and file:///$main_root/conf    Nothing works 
except a full, absolute path: file:/C:/Users/Greg/workspace/MyAnnotator/conf

But I don't want to hard-code that path since it only works for user "Greg".

How can I set a value points to the annotator's "conf" dir and works for all 
users?

Or is there a better way for my annotator to find its "conf" dir?

Thanks,


Greg Holmberg