getResourceAsStream problem:EAR with nested EJB JAR and WAR

[rashid11]

I have an EAR called insightApp.ear. Here is application.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE application PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD J2EE Application 1.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/application_1_3.dtd">

<display-name>insightApp</display-name>

insightEjb.jar



<web-uri>insight.war</web-uri>
<context-root>insight</context-root>




From an EJB Session bean that is packaged inside of
insightEjb.jar I call:

properties.load( (InputStream) getClass().getResourceAsStream(
"/insightApp/insight/insight.properties"));


The properties file itself: insight.properties, is contained inside of insight.war (at the same level as WEB-INF (top level). In other words the file is NOT nested inside of any directories within the WAR.

For some reason I can not read the properties via the
getResourceAsStream().

I understand that I have a proper path to the properties file: includes Name of the Application, followed by name of WebModule and then the properties file itself.

What could be the problem ?

[rashid11]

To clarify, it is Jboss 3.2.2

[jonlee]

Have you tried a relative path? And I'm not sure of your current location - you need to check that you are where you think you should be. Is the root location from the JAR or from the EAR?

[rashid11]

It is a port of an existing app (runs under IPlanet AS 6). Ideally I don't want to touch the code. Simply modifying the descriptors should, at least in theory,
be sufficient.

I don't like where the properties file resides presently - right in the root of WAR. I am not sure but it might make it available to Web browsers by simply pointing to proper URL ... not a good idea.

I think the properties file should go under "/classes" directory in the WAR and then it will be available under the /APP_NAME/WAR_NAME/PROPERTIES_FILE_NAME Will try it next week.

[rashid11]

Can some1 tell me if it should work like this:

properties.load( (InputStream) getClass().getResourceAsStream(
"/insightApp/insight/insight.properties"));


Assuming there is an application called insightApp
with nested WAR, Web application name: insight .

The insight.properties lives under /WEB-INF/classes/
in the WAR file.

It doesn't work presently, no matter what I try .