Neither,
I didn't compile the resources with the jar file! should i?
if so how would i then access it?
Also i don;t have a classes directory since my code is compiled and jarred
and forms part of the WEB-INF/lib
Thanks
David Smith-2 wrote:
>
> So where exactly is your "resources/myFile.xml"? Is it in the
> WEB-INF/classes directory of your webapp or a jar file in WEB-INF/lib?
> Your method of access requires it be in one of those two places.
>
> --David
>
> nformosa wrote:
>
>>
>>David Smith-2 wrote:
>>
>>
>>>nformosa wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>I'm having trouble when deploying my WAR application. The War file
>>>>contains
>>>>mainly the WEB.xml, and index.html file and a number of required
>>>>libraries,
>>>>incudling the compiled src code i've written, All libraries are stored
>>>>within the WEB-INF/libs which is correct. Along the libraries i have a
>>>>folder called resources, which have a number of files used as properties
>>>>files.
>>>>
>>>>The problem is that when i'm trying to access these files (property
>>>>files)
>>>>i'm givin a 'Not found' error, and mainly this is due to the fact that
>>>>its
>>>>looking in the bin folder of tomcat as its classpath!
>>>>
>>>>I'm accesing these files using relative paths ie: /resources/config.xml
>>>>
>>>>How can i fix this problem? any ideas would really be appreciated!
>>>>
>>>>thanks in advance
>>>>Nick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>What you are seeing with it referencing the bin directory is it
>>>accessing the directory tomcat was started from. Depending on the
>>>script, that can be virtually anywhere in the system.
>>>
>>>The servlet API provides ServletContext.getResourceAsStream(
>>>webappRelPath ) for reading files in the webapp. If you placed the
>>>properties files in either WEB-INF/classes or a .jar file, you should
>>>also be able to do it with a Class.getResourceAsStream() method.
>>>
>>>
>>>--David
>>>
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>>
>>
>>Hi again,
>>
>>Thanks for your help!
>>
>>Though i'm still having trouble..since the file is being accessed from a
>>class not the servlet the ServletContext is not valid. Then i tried to
print
>>out the following:
>>
>>this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("resources/myfile.xml").getPath().toString());
>>
>>but still the result is : d:\tomcat\bin\resources\myfile.xml
>>
>>If someone can give me a clearer idea it would be great..
>>
>>Thanks once again
>>
>>Nick
>>
>>
>>
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