Servlet reading config file from ?? path

[Moth]

I have a web application that needs to read an xml configuration file. How
can I specify this without knowing the path of the web application?

I've tried using ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream(filename) but this
doesn't seem to work for my servlet even with the config file in the lib
folder of the web app.

Can anyone give me any pointers?

[hiwa]

"Moth" <no*@this.address> wrote in message news:<ge******************@news-server.bigpond.net.au>...

I have a web application that needs to read an xml configuration file. How
can I specify this without knowing the path of the web application?

I've tried using ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream(filename) but this
doesn't seem to work for my servlet even with the config file in the lib
folder of the web app.

Can anyone give me any pointers?

I believe any configuration item can be written in WEBINF/web.xml file
and can be read via standard Servlet API methods.

[Tony Morris]

"hiwa" <HG******@nifty.ne.jp> wrote in message
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"Moth" <no*@this.address> wrote in message

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I have a web application that needs to read an xml configuration file. How can I specify this without knowing the path of the web application?

I've tried using ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream(filename) but this doesn't seem to work for my servlet even with the config file in the lib
folder of the web app.

Can anyone give me any pointers?

I believe any configuration item can be written in WEBINF/web.xml file
and can be read via standard Servlet API methods.

getClass().getResource("/path/from/app/root/to/file.xml")

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Tony Morris
(BInfTech, Cert 3 I.T., SCJP[1.4], SCJD)
Software Engineer
IBM Australia - Tivoli Security Software
(2003 VTR1000F)

[Magnus Anvin]

"Moth" <no*@this.address> wrote in message news:<ge******************@news-server.bigpond.net.au>...

I have a web application that needs to read an xml configuration file. How
can I specify this without knowing the path of the web application?

I've tried using ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream(filename) but this
doesn't seem to work for my servlet even with the config file in the lib
folder of the web app.

Can anyone give me any pointers?

I do not know if you are using Tomcat, but if you are I think you
should try to put the file in the /WEB-INF/classes directory of your
application. In this directory you should put classes and resources
that are unpacked. Classes and resources in jar-files should be put in
the /WEB-INF/lib. Classes and resources that are put in these
directories are visible only to the containing web application, but to
no others.