Re: JAR file not finding external properties files

2007-05-01 Thread Rashmi Rubdi
On 5/1/07, David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I agree there may be an exceptionally rare occasion where modifying classpath might be necessary. But such advice should be reserved for expert use only and only if they fully understand the consequences. Yup, had I known earlier when Mike made

Re: JAR file not finding external properties files

2007-05-01 Thread David Smith
I agree there may be an exceptionally rare occasion where modifying classpath might be necessary. But such advice should be reserved for expert use only and only if they fully understand the consequences. --David Rashmi Rubdi wrote: Hi David, On 5/1/07, David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: JAR file not finding external properties files

2007-05-01 Thread Rashmi Rubdi
Hi David, On 5/1/07, David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mike, I see your issue is solved. For the sake of the archives I feel the need to respond to the suggestion of modifying the classpath. Please DO NOT modify the classpath. Best practice is to work with the existing classloader struct

Re: JAR file not finding external properties files

2007-05-01 Thread David Smith
Mike, I see your issue is solved. For the sake of the archives I feel the need to respond to the suggestion of modifying the classpath. Please DO NOT modify the classpath. Best practice is to work with the existing classloader structure and put files in the proper places. Modifying the clas

Re: JAR file not finding external properties files

2007-05-01 Thread Mike Peremsky
Ah, I got it. I put the .jar file in the common\classes directory. But putting thproperties files in the common\classes direcotry works. I'm a dunce, missed that in the email below. Mike Peremsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Rashmi, I just tried this and it does not work either. It is still not

Re: JAR file not finding external properties files

2007-05-01 Thread Mike Peremsky
Rashmi, I just tried this and it does not work either. It is still not finding the property file. I have verified that the class file in the jar is located at \com\mvp\utils. I also tried keeping the jar file in both classes and lib, but I did not expect that to work, which it didn't

Re: JAR file not finding external properties files

2007-05-01 Thread Mike Peremsky
Ug. Moving the jar file to %CATALINA_HOME/common/classes now causes my servlet to fail to load, as the base class is in the jar file that was just moved to common/classes. David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Oh helps to read all the message:) jars in common/lib can't read files in your

Re: JAR file not finding external properties files

2007-05-01 Thread Rashmi Rubdi
Hi Mike, On 5/1/07, Mike Peremsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What do I need to do to get the class in the jar file to find the properties files external to it? To access a properties file that is external to the JAR file , add the full path of the Properties file's folder to the CLASSPATH.

Re: JAR file not finding external properties files

2007-05-01 Thread Mike Peremsky
The system.properties file is already located in the WEB-INF classes directory. Sorry I am new to this stuff, not sure what other information you need. %CATALINA_HOME%/common/lib/mvp.jar<- contains ExtProperties.class %CATALINA_HOME%/webapps/fs/WEB-INF/classes/system.properties %

Re: JAR file not finding external properties files

2007-05-01 Thread David Smith
Oh helps to read all the message:) jars in common/lib can't read files in your webapp. You could use common/classes --David David Smith wrote: Your could put the properties file in WEB-INF/classes which is equivalent to storing it in the jar file. Otherwise we'll need to know more abou

Re: JAR file not finding external properties files

2007-05-01 Thread David Smith
Your could put the properties file in WEB-INF/classes which is equivalent to storing it in the jar file. Otherwise we'll need to know more about where you are storing your properties file to help. -- David Mike Peremsky wrote: I created some utility classes that read proeprties files (e.g.

JAR file not finding external properties files

2007-05-01 Thread Mike Peremsky
I created some utility classes that read proeprties files (e.g. com.mvp.utils.ExtProperties). In the method where I try to load the properties file I have package com.mvp.utils; class ExtProperties { private static PropertyResourceBundle loadProperties(String propsFile) {