Hi,
>With Tomcat 5.0.24 running as a service, where would the "current
>directory"
>be? 5.0.18 allowed you to specify --WorkingPath "%CATALINA_HOME%\bin"
in
>service.bat, but this setting is ignored now in 5.0.24.
>
>I need to open some config files from the current directory at startup.
>
>BTW how does the technique work to "grab a resource" from the
CLASSPATH?
>Maybe I only need to put the config files in the classpath in that
case.
>(or in the WEB-INF directory of the service?).
Using Class#getResource is a great portable way to read configuration
files. Place the config files under WEB-INF/classes, and then say (from
any object) getClass().getResource("/myFile.prop") to get a URL to the
file (for libraries that will take a URL), or getResourceAsStream to get
an InputStream for reading. Read the JavaDoc for Class#getResource
(actually ClassLoader#getResource as you'll see) for full details.
Using ServletContext#getResource is similar and also very good. Files
don't have to be on the classpath, they can be anywhere under the
webapp's root directory. For example, put them under WEB-INF/config and
call getServletContext().getResource("/WEB-INF/config/myFile.prop") to
get the URL, or getResourceAsStream for the stream.
Either of those approaches is many times better than the current working
directory approach, which is the portability equivalent of a fly on the
path of a sumo wrestler to his food.
Yoav Shapira
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