> > Or more succinctly;
> >
> > this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(String);
Or, more succinctly,
getClass().getResourceAsStream(String);
> nope, this is not a good approach at all!
>
> if the class "this" is loaded by the system class loaded, you
> are screwed,
> because the system classloader doesn't point to the WAR directories
In this case, the class and the resource were packaged together: that should
mean you could use the same class-loader for both, no? (Assuming, of
course, the user didn't monkey around with your classes,...)
-- Bill K.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Filip Hanik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 10:13 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Accessing a packaged file
>
>
> > Or more succinctly;
> >
> > this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(String);
>
> nope, this is not a good approach at all!
>
> if the class "this" is loaded by the system class loaded, you
> are screwed,
> because the system classloader doesn't point to the WAR directories
>
> Filip
>
>
> ~
> Namaste - I bow to the divine in you
> ~
> Filip Hanik
> Software Architect
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> www.filip.net
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Samson, Lyndon [IT] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 9:47 AM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: RE: Accessing a packaged file
> >
> >
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Filip Hanik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 5:28 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: Accessing a packaged file
> >
> >
> > Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream
> >
> > picks up files in your WEB-INF/classes or WEB-INF/lib inside of a
> > jar or zip
> > Filip
> >
> > ~
> > Namaste - I bow to the divine in you
> > ~
> > Filip Hanik
> > Software Architect
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > www.filip.net
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jim Downing [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 9:09 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Accessing a packaged file
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I'm trying to get a servlet to access a text file that
> has been packaged
> > > with the servlet in a .war file. Is it possible to access the
> > file without
> > > knowing it's absolute path when deployed, and if so how?
> > >
> > > jim
> > >
> > >
> >
>
