Thx Jon, I had already looked at the wiki entry you graciously pointed me to. I need a bit more. The class X, I mentioned, is already packaged and I am looking for a way of using it without changing it (unless there is no other way.) It makes the assumption that the ../data folder is in the classpath. In eclipse or via ant I can easily set my classpath 'right', is there a way to do it for the webapp inside Tomcat?
Regards, maciek PS. What does "HTH" stand for? -----Original Message----- From: Jon Wingfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 12:28 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: loading resources from the servlet. http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-tomcat/HowTo#head-45c3314139cb900ddd43dde2ff6 71532e6e844bc HTH, Jon Maciej Stoszko wrote: > I have a class X which needs to load a .properties file. > > Here is a code snippet: > > ClassLoader cl = this.getClass().getClassLoader(); > > InputStream stream = cl.getResourceAsStream(/data/x.properties); > > > > It works just fine from my JUnit test for X. > > > > Now, I would like this class to be called from the servlet, which would run > inside Tomcat 5.5.9. The only way to get that to work is to place my > x.properties file inside the package the class X lives in. Well, I'd rather > not to mix properties with classfiles. > > > > Another way, I can load that file, is to use servlets getServletContext() > method. However, that would mean I need to pass the InputStream from the > servlets to my class X. Well, I'd rather not to change X to use its caller > to get X's properties file. > > > > I guess, what I need to do is to add the WEB-INF or ROOT dir of my webapp to > the classpath, so the classloader can find it. Or is there some other way of > accomplishing it? > > > > I think I am missing something fundamental ... cos that doesn't seem to be > too strange of a requirement ... > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > maciek > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
