locating .properties files
Where should I put .properties file(s) in my WAR ?
Should they be in the application .jar (where I put the classes that use the
properties files, ie. the helpers used to implement the struts Actions), or
in the META-INF somewhere?
When I run the application under Forte it works fine with the .properties in
the META-INF/Classes directory, but once I've packed it up as a WAR it
doesn't run. I getting a application generated runtime exception stating
that the properties file was not found...
I'm using the following code to locate and load the .properties:
Properties p = new Properties();
InputStream is =
Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("datasour
ce.properties");
if (is == null) {
throw new RuntimeException("ConnectionFactory: could not find
'datasource.properties' configuration file");
}
p.load(is);
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt.
Re: locating .properties files
You should just have to put it somewhere in the
classpath (i.e. web-inf/classes)
scott.
--- Matthew O'Haire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Where should I put .properties file(s) in my WAR ?
>
> Should they be in the application .jar (where I put
> the classes that use the
> properties files, ie. the helpers used to implement
> the struts Actions), or
> in the META-INF somewhere?
>
> When I run the application under Forte it works fine
> with the .properties in
> the META-INF/Classes directory, but once I've packed
> it up as a WAR it
> doesn't run. I getting a application generated
> runtime exception stating
> that the properties file was not found...
>
> I'm using the following code to locate and load the
> .properties:
>
> Properties p = new Properties();
> InputStream is =
>
Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("datasour
> ce.properties");
> if (is == null) {
> throw new RuntimeException("ConnectionFactory:
> could not find
> 'datasource.properties' configuration file");
> }
> p.load(is);
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt.
=
~~~
Scott
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RE: locating .properties files
Hi Scott,
I work with Matt.thanks for the response. We have located the properties
file in WEB-INF/classes both at that directory level and at the directory
that the classes reside in (WEB-INF/classes/sub-directory/actualcode.class)
but we still get the same error. Even tried adding $TOMCAT
HOME.WEB-INF/classes to the classpath to no avail.
Is there some subtlety that we are missing?
Regards Nige
-Original Message-
From: Scott Walter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, 4 May 2001 7:18
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: locating .properties files
You should just have to put it somewhere in the
classpath (i.e. web-inf/classes)
scott.
--- Matthew O'Haire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Where should I put .properties file(s) in my WAR ?
>
> Should they be in the application .jar (where I put
> the classes that use the
> properties files, ie. the helpers used to implement
> the struts Actions), or
> in the META-INF somewhere?
>
> When I run the application under Forte it works fine
> with the .properties in
> the META-INF/Classes directory, but once I've packed
> it up as a WAR it
> doesn't run. I getting a application generated
> runtime exception stating
> that the properties file was not found...
>
> I'm using the following code to locate and load the
> .properties:
>
> Properties p = new Properties();
> InputStream is =
>
Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("datasour
> ce.properties");
> if (is == null) {
> throw new RuntimeException("ConnectionFactory:
> could not find
> 'datasource.properties' configuration file");
> }
> p.load(is);
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt.
=
~~~
Scott
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RE: locating .properties files
Title: RE: locating .properties files
You shouldn't be adding WEB-INF/classes to your classpath. This should be running as a web app.
You should have the following in your deployment desciptor and you should have ApplicaionResoruces.properties in the WEB-INF/classes directory:
ActionServlet
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet
application
ApplicationResources
config
/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml
locale
true
null
false
1
-Original Message-
From: Nigel Ainslie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 4:29 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: locating .properties files
Hi Scott,
I work with Matt.thanks for the response. We have located the properties
file in WEB-INF/classes both at that directory level and at the directory
that the classes reside in (WEB-INF/classes/sub-directory/actualcode.class)
but we still get the same error. Even tried adding $TOMCAT
HOME.WEB-INF/classes to the classpath to no avail.
Is there some subtlety that we are missing?
Regards Nige
-Original Message-
From: Scott Walter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, 4 May 2001 7:18
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: locating .properties files
You should just have to put it somewhere in the
classpath (i.e. web-inf/classes)
scott.
--- Matthew O'Haire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Where should I put .properties file(s) in my WAR ?
>
> Should they be in the application .jar (where I put
> the classes that use the
> properties files, ie. the helpers used to implement
> the struts Actions), or
> in the META-INF somewhere?
>
> When I run the application under Forte it works fine
> with the .properties in
> the META-INF/Classes directory, but once I've packed
> it up as a WAR it
> doesn't run. I getting a application generated
> runtime exception stating
> that the properties file was not found...
>
> I'm using the following code to locate and load the
> .properties:
>
> Properties p = new Properties();
> InputStream is =
>
Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("datasour
> ce.properties");
> if (is == null) {
> throw new RuntimeException("ConnectionFactory:
> could not find
> 'datasource.properties' configuration file");
> }
> p.load(is);
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt.
=
~~~
Scott
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Re: locating .properties files
Title: RE: locating .properties files
I have the same problem ... I need to keep the
properties file in two places or else something gets wacked. Haven't had
the patience to research it any further...
- Original Message -
From:
Jason
Chaffee
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 7:36
PM
Subject: RE: locating .properties
files
You shouldn't be adding WEB-INF/classes to your
classpath. This should be running as a web app.
You should have the following in your deployment desciptor and
you should have ApplicaionResoruces.properties in the WEB-INF/classes
directory:
ActionServlet
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet
application
ApplicationResources
config
/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml
locale
true
null
false
1
-Original Message- From: Nigel
Ainslie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 4:29 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:
RE: locating .properties files
Hi Scott, I work with Matt.thanks
for the response. We have located the properties file
in WEB-INF/classes both at that directory level and at the directory
that the classes reside in
(WEB-INF/classes/sub-directory/actualcode.class) but
we still get the same error. Even tried adding $TOMCAT HOME.WEB-INF/classes to the classpath to no avail. Is there some subtlety that we are missing? Regards Nige
-Original Message- From: Scott
Walter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, 4 May 2001 7:18 To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: locating
.properties files
You should just have to put it somewhere in the
classpath (i.e. web-inf/classes)
scott. --- Matthew O'Haire
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
> Where should I put .properties file(s) in my WAR
? > > Should they be in
the application .jar (where I put > the classes
that use the > properties files, ie. the helpers
used to implement > the struts Actions), or
> in the META-INF somewhere? >
> When I run the application under Forte it works
fine > with the .properties in > the META-INF/Classes directory, but once I've packed
> it up as a WAR it > doesn't
run. I getting a application generated >
runtime exception stating > that the properties
file was not found... > > I'm using the following code to locate and load the
> .properties: >
> Properties p = new
Properties(); > InputStream is =
> Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("datasour
> ce.properties"); > if (is == null) { > throw new
RuntimeException("ConnectionFactory: > could not
find > 'datasource.properties' configuration
file"); > } > p.load(is); >
> Any assistance would be greatly
appreciated. > >
Thanks, > Matt.
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RE: locating .properties files
Hi all,
We've found a solution to this, so for the benefit of the list here it is...
It seems Class.getResourceAsStream() and
ServletContext.getResourceAsStream(), the Javadoc for the latter says as
much:
This method has a different purpose than java.lang.Class.getResource, which
looks up resources based on a class loader. This method does not use class
loaders.
So it seems my original code worked in the IDE because Forte was including
my project in the classpath for starting the "embedded" Tomcat.
This meant that to manage resources we needed access to the ServletContext.
Rather than put references to "web layer" concepts in the "business layer"
we created a PropertiesFactory (singleton) class that was instantiated by
the LoginAction (with the ServletContext) and used by the business layer
without any reference to ServletContext.
We could have had the Factory surface ResourceStreams, but we thought that
by abstracting the access mechanism we could store propeties wherever we
wanted, as long as we surfaced them as java.util.Properties.
Anyhow, it works fine now in both the IDE and in production. If anyone else
has a similar problem I'd be happy to share the code. Thanks for the
feedback.
Matt.
-Original Message-
From: Jeff Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, 4 May 2001 14:29
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: locating .properties files
I have the same problem ... I need to keep the properties file in two places
or else something gets wacked. Haven't had the patience to research it any
further...
- Original Message -
From: Jason <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Chaffee
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 7:36 PM
Subject: RE: locating .properties files
You shouldn't be adding WEB-INF/classes to your classpath. This should be
running as a web app.
You should have the following in your deployment desciptor and you should
have ApplicaionResoruces.properties in the WEB-INF/classes directory:
ActionServlet
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet
application
ApplicationResources
config
/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml
locale
true
null
false
1
-Original Message-
From: Nigel Ainslie [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 4:29 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: locating .properties files
Hi Scott,
I work with Matt.thanks for the response. We have located the properties
file in WEB-INF/classes both at that directory level and at the directory
that the classes reside in (WEB-INF/classes/sub-directory/actualcode.class)
but we still get the same error. Even tried adding $TOMCAT
HOME.WEB-INF/classes to the classpath to no avail.
Is there some subtlety that we are missing?
Regards Nige
-Original Message-
From: Scott Walter [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
Sent: Friday, 4 May 2001 7:18
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: locating .properties files
You should just have to put it somewhere in the
classpath (i.e. web-inf/classes)
scott.
--- Matthew O'Haire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Where should I put .properties file(s) in my WAR ?
>
> Should they be in the application .jar (where I put
> the classes that use the
> properties files, ie. the helpers used to implement
> the struts Actions), or
> in the META-INF somewhere?
>
> When I run the application under Forte it works fine
> with the .properties in
> the META-INF/Classes directory, but once I've packed
> it up as a WAR it
> doesn't run. I getting a application generated
> runtime exception stating
> that the properties file was not found...
>
> I'm using the following code to locate and load the
> .properties:
>
> Properties p = new Properties();
> InputStream is =
>
Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("datasour
> ce.properties");
> if (is == null) {
> throw new RuntimeException("ConnectionFactory:
> could not find
> 'datasource.properties' configuration file");
> }
> p.load(is);
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt.
=
~~~
Scott
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