Not what I said, I said that loading it as a File is a bad idea. On Jul 7, 2011, at 7:00 PM, shamik wrote:
> I don't think its necessarily a bad idea to load a file within the same jar. > If a file is specific to a bundle, then what's the issue in keeping it > inside the jar ? Isn't Spring keeping the application context file inside > the bundle ? Moreover, if the file is external to the bundle , then updating > the file becomes and issue as well. > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Johan Edstrom-2 [via ServiceMix] < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> It is not a servicemix limitation, it is an OSGi feature/benefit. >> >> Using a File to load from a jar is not a good idea either to begin with. >> >> >> On Jul 7, 2011, at 6:34 PM, Shamik Bandopadhyay wrote: >> >>> 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 <[hidden >>> email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4563012&i=0>> >> 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. >>>> >>>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion >> below: >> >> http://servicemix.396122.n5.nabble.com/How-to-get-absolute-classpath-of-a-file-tp4562967p4563012.html >> To unsubscribe from How to get absolute classpath of a file ?, click >> here<http://servicemix.396122.n5.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=4562967&code=c2hhbWlrYkBnbWFpbC5jb218NDU2Mjk2N3w2MzMwMTIyOA==>. >> >> > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://servicemix.396122.n5.nabble.com/How-to-get-absolute-classpath-of-a-file-tp4562967p4563037.html > Sent from the ServiceMix - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
