I just removed "/" in front of the properties files. I even checked index$jsp.java file. But I am still getting the same exception.
Wei -----Original Message----- From: David Burns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 3:49 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Properties files. Are you sure you want the "/" in the name? On Tuesday 26 March 2002 03:43 pm, you wrote: > I put abc.properties in .../WEB-INF/classes and have the following codes, > it gave me NullPointerException. > > java.util.Properties props = new java.util.Properties(); > java.io.InputStream is = > props.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/abc.properties"); > props.load(is); > > java.lang.NullPointerException > at java.io.InputStreamReader.(InputStreamReader.java:85) > at java.io.InputStreamReader.(InputStreamReader.java:74) > at java.util.Properties.load(Properties.java:176) > at org.apache.jsp.index$jsp._jspService(index$jsp.java:66) > > Thank you. > > Wei > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Burns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 3:06 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Properties files. > > > I load application property files off the classpath and was able to load > property files from mywebapp/WEB-INF/classes directory. Had a little > trouble > with the log4j.properties, had to place that file in common/classes (may > have > to do with where log4j.jar is located). > > Hope this helps. > > -- David. > > On Tuesday 26 March 2002 02:56 pm, you wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I was trying to migrating an existing application to Tomcat 4.0. We used > > a lot of properties files and just specified the directory in classpath, > > then > > > we can call > > load("/abc.properties"). Where should I put properties files > > (*.properties) > > > in tomcat? How should I call to load it? > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > Wei -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>