This gives me a null exception!
David Smith-2 wrote:
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> BTW,
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> this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("resources/myfile.xml").getPath().toString());
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> should work as
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> this.getClass().getResource( "/resources/myfile.xml" ).getPath() ;
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> No need for all the extra noise.
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> --David
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> David Smith wrote:
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>> So where exactly is your "resources/myFile.xml"? Is it in the
>> WEB-INF/classes directory of your webapp or a jar file in
>> WEB-INF/lib? Your method of access requires it be in one of those two
>> places.
>>
>> --David
>>
>> nformosa wrote:
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>>>
>>> David Smith-2 wrote:
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>>>
>>>> nformosa wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm having trouble when deploying my WAR application. The War file
>>>>> contains
>>>>> mainly the WEB.xml, and index.html file and a number of required
>>>>> libraries,
>>>>> incudling the compiled src code i've written, All libraries are stored
>>>>> within the WEB-INF/libs which is correct. Along the libraries i have a
>>>>> folder called resources, which have a number of files used as
>>>>> properties
>>>>> files.
>>>>> The problem is that when i'm trying to access these files (property
>>>>> files)
>>>>> i'm givin a 'Not found' error, and mainly this is due to the fact that
>>>>> its
>>>>> looking in the bin folder of tomcat as its classpath!
>>>>> I'm accesing these files using relative paths ie:
>>>>> /resources/config.xml
>>>>>
>>>>> How can i fix this problem? any ideas would really be appreciated!
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks in advance
>>>>> Nick
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What you are seeing with it referencing the bin directory is it
>>>> accessing the directory tomcat was started from. Depending on the
>>>> script, that can be virtually anywhere in the system.
>>>>
>>>> The servlet API provides ServletContext.getResourceAsStream(
>>>> webappRelPath ) for reading files in the webapp. If you placed the
>>>> properties files in either WEB-INF/classes or a .jar file, you should
>>>> also be able to do it with a Class.getResourceAsStream() method.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --David
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> Hi again,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>
>>> Though i'm still having trouble..since the file is being accessed from a
>>> class not the servlet the ServletContext is not valid. Then i tried
>>> to print
>>> out the following:
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>>> this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("resources/myfile.xml").getPath().toString());
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>>>
>>>
>>> but still the result is : d:\tomcat\bin\resources\myfile.xml
>>>
>>> If someone can give me a clearer idea it would be great..
>>>
>>> Thanks once again
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>>
>>>
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