Accessing the text/property file inside the root context

Question

Hi
          I want to access the property file lying inside the root context folder
          via plain java classes using IO.
          Could you please help me out.

Answer 1

Hi
Using this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("config_settings");
In order to load the properties file, uses the classpath search mechnism.
Basically it means that java will look for your file in the classpath.
The defualt class path of a web server is usualy the following:
ContextName/Web-Inf/Classes;ContextName/Web-Inf/lib
This is why it is working for you when you put your properties file under ContextName/Web-Inf/Classes, but it doesnt work when it is under ContextName/*, as this is not a part of the classpath search.
You have 3 options:
1.Put you properties file under the sever defulat classpath
(ContextName/Web-Inf/Classes;ContextName/Web-Inf/lib,if it's under lib, the file has to be inside a jar file)
2.Add ContextName/* to your server classpath ( in tomcat->setClasspath.bat file )
3.Instead of using "this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("config_settings"
read your file directly using the java.io.* library and give it the full path to the file,
you can store the full path in web.xml file, or using getServletContext().getRealPath("") to locate the context path and read the file from there( but then you are using the Servlet API )
Hope it helps
all the best
tal