Thanks for your reply, I had the same feeling looking into it. My problem is, I'm using a third party lib which needs a File object as an input param. Even though I'm setting it as a Resource object through Spring, I need to transform it to a File.
One alternate is to externalize the files outside the bundle in a pre-defined directory and then have it defined as file:///....full_file_pathin spring config. But, I don't want to externalize it, moreover having this hard coded file path makes it difficult to work on different environments. Having said that, I'm bit surprised why would Framework like servicemix will have such limitation? How would the problem im my case is supposed to be addressed ? On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Johan Edstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > It is actually very correct. > Absolute classpath like a file resource is not supported in OSGi, nor > should > you rely on it, you can get around it in equinox, but containers like > Knoplerfish > will deliver even resources from RAM. > > So you want to use getting it as a resource, not a file. > > > On Jul 7, 2011, at 6:10 PM, shamik wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm trying figure a way to get the absolute path of files located under > my > > project's resource folder. The file paths are injected through spring as > : > > > > <property name="siteConfig" value="classpath:/Test/test.xml" /> > > > > The directory is located under src/main/resources folder, which makes it > > available as a classpath resource inside the bundle. > > > > The property is being set as a Spring Resource object inside the java > class. > > I'm trying to access the file following way : > > > > File testFile = new File(siteConfig.getURL().getPath()); > > > > I'm passing this File object to another program which then reads it. > > > > siteConfig.getURL() --> bundle://249.14:1/TEST/test.xml > > > > testFile.getAbsolutePath() --> C:\TEST\test.xml . > > > > As you can see, the absolute path is just repalcing "bundle://249.14:1" > with > > "C:\", which is incorrect. As a result, when the program is trying to > read > > the file, it's not able to pick it up. > > > > Any pointers will be appreciated. > > > > - Thanks > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > http://servicemix.396122.n5.nabble.com/How-to-get-absolute-classpath-of-a-file-tp4562967p4562967.html > > Sent from the ServiceMix - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >
