Re: [castor-dev] mapping file has to be in curr working directory or else absolute path??

[Stephen Ince]

Alex,     You can use the Class.getResource(<file>) method to lookup a resource file.  This will use the classpath to search for the file.    Example:         String database = "mydatabase";         String databaseFile =  "/com/opendemand/jdo/database.xml";         JDO jdo = new JDO();         jdo.setConfiguration(  this.getClass().getResource( databaseFile ).toString() );         jdo.setDatabaseName(database); Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Bates, Alex To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 8:19 PM Subject: [castor-dev] mapping file has to be in curr working directory or else absolute path?? Hi,   I'm using Castor in a webapp, where I can't specify the current working directory.  The Castor configuration file has a reference to the mapping file             <mapping href="" />   Q:  does this href path have to be an absolute path??  1)       I can't control current working directory since the webapp is running in Tomcat.  2)       When I used a relative path, Castor treated it as relative to current working directory, which in Tomcat was C:\tomcat\bin\   An absolute path in this config file would make deployment very difficult.   Cheers   Alex