Problem in locating resource in the package

Question

I have a .ear package like following:
test.ear
|____________META-INF/application.xml
|____________APP-INF/lib/test.jar
|____________ APP-INF/lib/testrar.rar (A Resource Adapter, contains a testrar.jar
in .rar package)
The URL returned by calling Class::getResource("myTestData") from a class under
testrar.jar does not give the right URL (file name and path are missing). The
URL is like: zip:./myserver/stage/_appsdir_activityNode_ear/APP-INF/lib/testrar.rar!/testrar.jar
Is this a bug in weblogic server V7.0 or is there anything wrong? I got to put
the .rar file under APP-INF because the test.jar needs to reference some classes
in it.
Thanks for any suggestions.

Answer 1

Hi duffymo, thanks for your comment.
It works if I put the properties file in the
WEB-INF\classes directory.
But, if I put the properties file in the
WEB-INF\classes\resources directory, it does not work.
I really want to put those properties in a folder. Is
there any way to do it?Yes, Natalie, change the String you pass to the getResourceAsStream to include the resources path:
String search = "resources/yourFile.properties";I believe the class loader will look in the CLASSPATH for that file along that path.
I've done this by adding an <init-param> to my <servlet> in web.xml:
        <init-param>
            <param-name>init-config</param-name>
            <param-value>/WEB-INF/config/api-prototype-config.xml</param-value>
        </init-param>In the servlet init() method I have:
    public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException
        super.init(config);
        ServletContext servletContext = this.getServletContext();
        try
            String configXmlName    = this.getInitParameter(APIPrototypeServlet.INIT_XML_PARAM);
            InputStream initStream  = servletContext.getResourceAsStream(configXmlName);
            if (initStream == null)
                throw new FileNotFoundException("Could not find config: " + configXmlName);
// more following code - the stuff above is what's important.This is working for me.