Placing properties file

wls 6.1sp4
WebApp in WAR format contains a servlet which loads on startup. This servlets
has to load some properties file. Currently if i have this properties file in
system classpath. Servlet is able to find. I dont want to place my properties
file in system classpath.
i tried placing in web-inf/classes and checked preferwebinf classes. But still
no luck. when servlet is loaded and trying to find the resource bundle..it is
unable to find it.
any pointers will be appreciated very much.

Copy resource bundle of the default locale to the web-inf/lib directory.
ResourceBundle resourceBundle=
ResourceBundle.getBundle(myResourcesFile, Locale.getDefault(), getClass().getClassLoader());
"yo" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
"Deepak Vohra" <[email protected]> wrote:
Get properties file with the getResourceAsStream() method.
Copy properties file in the WEB-INF/classes directory.
InputStream inputStream =
getClass().getClassloader().getResourceAsStream("servlet_properties.properties");
props.load( inputStream );
I forgot to mention that it is not properties file. it is resouce bundle.
I have
place resournce bundle in web-inf/classes folder.
in my servlet, im using
ResourceBundle.getBundle(myResourcesFile, Locale.getDefault(), getClass().getClassLoad());
but im getting
MissingResourceException
any pointers
>
"yo" <[email protected]> wrote:
wls 6.1sp4
WebApp in WAR format contains a servlet which loads on startup. This
servlets
has to load some properties file. Currently if i have this properties
file in
system classpath. Servlet is able to find. I dont want to place my
properties
file in system classpath.
i tried placing in web-inf/classes and checked preferwebinf classes.
But still
no luck. when servlet is loaded and trying to find the resource bundle..it
is
unable to find it.
any pointers will be appreciated very much.

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Jay Wright wrote:
> okay, this may be really naive and maybe i'm missing some key piece
> of documentation, but i'm missing something regarding the file
> structure with iplanet enterprise 4.1 on solaris.
>
> in my /usr/local/netscape/suitespot there's a docs directory that is
> the default docs directory.
>
> I've created a /WEB-INF directory under docs and a /classes
> directory under that. I've placed a jay.properties file in the
> /WEB-INF/classes directory, but when I try to access that through a
> servlet instantiated bean, I get an error from the ResourceBundle
> call, telling me that it can't load that properties file.
>
> I have two questions: 1. did i build the WEB-INF directory in the
> correct place (ie - is this the standard way of working under the
> iplanet server) - this doesn't seem to be supported by the admin
> server in the sense that i can browse this directory, when i'd
> expect that iplanet would build in some basic security around the WEB-INF
> directory
>
> 2. what do i name and where do i put the properties file? should it
> be jay_en.properties? i've tried a number of different scenarios
> with no luck.
>
> thanks... jay
>
>
>

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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
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