Java property file in web.xml?

Question

I'm having trouble getting a web app to work resonably closely to how I expect:
I have a property file that is accessed by the package of java classes ( under
WEB-INF/classes). In the classes ( package com.th.lifeinsruance ) i have a property
file which is referenced in the java code as com.th.lifeinsurance.xx.properties.
It seems the only place that wl6.0 is prepared to look for this property file
is under the /weblogic6.0 dir ( i.e totally outside the web app!!). I would guess
that I'm supposed to register this property file in web.xml for the app however
the only examples refer to DataSources and so on ( to set a resource). Is this
correct? Does someone have an example of a java property file being read correctly
in its package with the .class files?
Many Thanks
Mark

Answer 1

I've some other solution for the same problem which is working fine for me.
1) make a jar file only consisting of the properties file
jar -cvf DescriptionBundle.jar  DescriptionBundle.properties
2) copy the jar file to the /dist/Portal-inf/lib folder
3) Use the following code to get the ResourceBundle
Locale locale = null;
Locale locale = null;
locale = Locale.US;
servletReq.getSession().setAttribute("myLocale", locale);
ResourceBundle bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle("DescriptionBundle", locale);
if (bundle == null) {
     logger.warning("bundle is null");
for (Enumeration e = bundle.getKeys(); e.hasMoreElements();) {
     String key = (String) e.nextElement();
     String s = bundle.getString(key);
     servletReq.getSession().setAttribute(key, s);
     logger.info("Key is" + key + "value is" + s);
This solution doesn't suit  the title of the topic but is another way to access the properties files.