Suggested practice is to put any property files, XML files, resource(s) of any kind beneath WEB-INF/classes (or WEB-INF/lib, if a jar). Then you can load them using one of the mechanisms here:
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javaqa/2003-08/01-qa-0808-property.html Once you have an InputStream pointing to the desired resource, you may read it using your favorite mechanism (Digester, DOM parser, your own parse, java.util.Properties, etc.) Following these two bits of information will allow your app to work in .war format, or exploded war (directory) format. Tim _____ From: Asaf Lahav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 5:30 AM To: users@tomcat.apache.org Subject: Application Configuration Hi all, I'm building a web services application that requires configuration xml files. Is there a location where I should put the xml configuration files? Is there a best practice saying where to put configuration files? If there is, how am I expected to get the configuration info from there? Thanks in advance, Asaf Lahav VP R&D, Prima Grid LTD. Cellular: 972-54-4717955 Phone: 972-3-6540255 Fax: 972-3-6540254
