svn commit: r1774488 - /uima/uimaj/trunk/uima-docbook-references/src/docbook/ref.xml.component_descriptor.xml

[burn]

Author: burn
Date: Thu Dec 15 15:57:17 2016
New Revision: 1774488

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1774488&view=rev
Log:
UIMA-5208 External override files searched in the data path & classpath if not 
found in the filesystem

Modified:
    
uima/uimaj/trunk/uima-docbook-references/src/docbook/ref.xml.component_descriptor.xml

Modified: 
uima/uimaj/trunk/uima-docbook-references/src/docbook/ref.xml.component_descriptor.xml
URL: 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/uima/uimaj/trunk/uima-docbook-references/src/docbook/ref.xml.component_descriptor.xml?rev=1774488&r1=1774487&r2=1774488&view=diff
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--- 
uima/uimaj/trunk/uima-docbook-references/src/docbook/ref.xml.component_descriptor.xml
 (original)
+++ 
uima/uimaj/trunk/uima-docbook-references/src/docbook/ref.xml.component_descriptor.xml
 Thu Dec 15 15:57:17 2016
@@ -1945,8 +1945,9 @@ uima.tcas.Annotation.</programlisting>
             <para>
             The settings for all descriptors in a pipeline are usually loaded 
from one or more files
             whose names are obtained from the Java system property 
<emphasis>UimaExternalOverrides</emphasis>.
-            The value of the property must be a list of file names, each 
separated by single comma,
-            e.g. 
<literal>&minus;DUimaExternalOverrides=file1.settings,file2.settings</literal>
+            The value of the property must be a list of file names, each 
separated by a single comma 
+            e.g. 
<literal>&minus;DUimaExternalOverrides=file1.settings,file2.settings</literal>.
+            If a file is not in the filesystem and is a relative reference, 
both the datapath and classpath are searched.
             </para>
 
             <para>