ResourceBundle.getBundle uses the ClassLoader that was used to load the class that's calling this method when it looks up the resource.
Have you checked that the class which contains the call to ResourceBundle.getBundle is loaded by the expected WebappClassLoaders? Matthias > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Soeding [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:37 PM > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: WebApps not isolated > > Hi, since this is my first posting in this mailing list, I > would like to > thank you very much for providing and maintaining Tomcat. > > I'm using Tomcat 5.5.20 and .23, Sun Java 1.5.x, on Ubuntu 7.04. > > I've deployed two identical WebApps, webapp1 and webapp2, by letting > Tomcat unpack two WAR files. Next I changed > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/webappX/WEB-INF/classes/myProps.properties in > both webapps to point to different databases. Next, I > restarted Tomcat. > > The code to access properties is simply, > ResourceBundle.getBundle("myProps").getString(key); > > The problem is, both webapp1 and webapp2 access the same > myProps.properties (webapp2 access webapp1's > myProps.properties). When I > undeploy webapp1, webapp2 will use its own properties file again. > > As an additional test, I downloaded a fresh copy of Tomcat, deployed > both webapps, edited myProps.properties, and ran this fresh > instance. In > this instance, webapp1 would use the properties file of > webapp2 (while > in the other instance of Tomcat, webapp2 would access webapp1's > properties file). > > Anyways, both webapps are not isolated properly. > > On another server I was not able to reproduce this behavior, > using the > same WAR files. > > I've also looked for JARs that might contain the properties > file in the > $CLASSPATH, $CATALINA_HOME/common/* and > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/webapp1/WEB-INF/lib, but such a JAR does not > exist. Moreover, different properties files are used, probably, > depending on which webapp is loaded first. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks > Robert > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
