-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dave,
David Kerber wrote: > Previously, I had been using the java Preferences class, which stores > things in a way that is transparent to the java program (in the > registry on windows, elsewhere on other OS's). IMHO, the Java Preferences class is a travesty for exactly that reason. It would have been great if they had allowed the developer to choose the method of storage (Windows-style INI file, Windows Registry, JNDI, Java properties file, UNIX run-control, whatever), but they didn't. :( > I much prefer text files for configs, but for a long time didn't know > there were built-in capabilities for this in java, and didn't want to > bother to roll my own. Light dawns. Everything in java.util is really good stuff. Well, almost. Maybe not "Date" and "StrinkTokenizer". But everything else is good, I swear! java.util.Properties and java.util.ResourceBundle are very similar. In fact, I'm not entirely sure why they are not more closely related. You can use the Properties class to load a properties file (using Properties.load()), but you can use ResourceBundle.getBundle to load a properties file from the classpath and /get the right Locale for those properties/. This is important if you are considering providing locale-specific properties (like translations of strings). If you use ResourceBundle.getBundle, then you don't even need to worry about ServletContext.getResourceAsStream or anything like that. Just put your properties files into WEB-INF/classes, or into a JAR file in WEB-INF/lib, and ResourceBundle will locate and load your file for you. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFulzX9CaO5/Lv0PARAokNAKCmmO2LHjXST9M6b7olPU2VsoMpugCaA+Su nZCv9JO6xo0EvE1eeMs1Jcg= =Gi6J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
