Thanks Milt.

the deubgFile vs logFile is a typo. But I am experimenting as you suggested.

-carlos

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Milt Epstein [mailto:mepstein@(protected)]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:44 PM
> To: SERVLET-INTEREST@(protected)
> Subject: Re: trying to run getResourceAsStream(0 from inside a WAR
>
>
> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Carlos Rodriguez wrote:
>
> > Hi:
> >
> > I am trying to load a properties file by using
> > getResourceAsStream(), as follows:
> >
> > Properties log4Jprops = new Properties();
> > String logFile = "/WEB-INF/properties/log4j.properties";
> > InputStream in =
> this.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(debugFile);
> >
> > and unfortunately the InputStream is coming back null.
> >
> > I am running the servlet from a WAR, without expanding, on Tomcat
> > 4.1.24. I have read in a lot of places that the thing to do is to
> > package the props so that they are under "WEB-INF/classes". Is there
> > no way to put them in another path above this?
>
> In one application I've got my properties file directly in the WEB-INF
> directory and I access it via:
>
>  InputStream in =
> getServletContext().getResourceAsStream("WEB-INF/" + propsFile);
>
> I see two differences between this and what you have above. First,
> you have a "/" before "WEB-INF" in your file path, and you use the
> Class Loader's getResourceAsStream while I'm using the Servlet
> Context's. I'd investigate those two differences if I were you
> (i.e. try the alternatives and see what happens).
>
> Oh, just noticed another thing. You set logFile, but you're passing
> debugFile to your getResourceAsStream. Maybe that's just a difference
> you were experimenting with. But I think the above two differences
> still stand out as the significant ones.
>
> Anyway, I see no reason you shouldn't be able to have a
> WEB-INF/properties directory where you keep your properties files.
>
> Milt Epstein
> Research Programmer
> Integration and Software Engineering (ISE)
> Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES)
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
> mepstein@(protected)
>
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