Accessing resource in WAR using context class loader

[muellars]

In my JSF applicattion, I used to get access to the faces-config.xml with the following code:

ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
URL cfgUrl = classLoader.getResource("WEB-INF/faces-config.xml");
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(cfgUrl.openStream()));

That worked ok with JBoss 4.2.x

With JBoss 5.1.x that does not work anymore. The cfgUrl is null.

Is there any configuration I need to change in the JBoss? Do you have other suggestions?

Thanks,

[alesj]

Where are you invoking this code?
What's the ClassLoader you're getting back?
etc ...
More info. ;-)

[muellars]

I am invoking this code in a JSF managed bean.

The classLoader I am getting is: org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.WebCtxLoader$ENCLoader@165559e

The urllist in this class loader contains all *.jar files that are contained in the WEB-INF/lib.

[alesj]

Can you check the parent of WebCtxLoader$ENCLoader?
As it should be your underlying war's CL, to which all is delegated:
- http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/jbossas/trunk/tomcat/src/main/org/jboss/web/tomcat/service/WebCtxLoader.java

[muellars]

The parent CL is:

BaseClassLoader@3f275c{vfszip:/D:/jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/default/deploy/JSFBaseDemo.war/}

Invoking getResource("WEB-INF/faces-config.xml") still gives me a null URL.

[alesj]

"muellars" wrote:

Invoking getResource("WEB-INF/faces-config.xml") still gives me a null URL.

Can you try debuging why this is so?

Or why this "BaseClassLoader@3f275c{vfszip:/D:/jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/default/deploy/JSFBaseDemo.war/}" returns null.
As I'm pretty sure it should find your file if it's really there.