Where should I put user property files?

[garymarsh]

Hi;
I have an entity EJB that needs to access a property file that I have included in the .jar file. My ejb-jar.xml file looks like this :


Client Entity Bean
<ejb-name>Client</ejb-name>
com.payroll.ClientHome
com.payroll.Client
<ejb-class>com.payroll.ClientBean</ejb-class>
<persistence-type>Container</persistence-type>
<prim-key-class>com.payroll.ClientPK</prim-key-class>
<cmp-field><field-name>clientId</field-name></cmp-field>
<primkey-field>clientId</primkey-field>
False

<env-entry>
The Properties file
<env-entry-name>PayeProperties</env-entry-name>
<env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
<env-entry-value>Paye.properties</env-entry-value>
</env-entry>



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When I do an initialContext() lookup I find the correct contents "Paye.properties" but when I type to read the file I get an error saying :

[Default] java.io.FileNotFoundException: Paye.properties (The system cannot find the file specified)
[Default] at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)

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So where do I need to put the file in my .jar file so that when I HotDeploy the program can find it?

Thanks,

Gary

[marc.fleury]

try

Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(<your file>);

and make sure to put the file at the root of your jar.

marcf

[garymarsh]

mark fleury;

I tried your suggestion and it still doesn't find the file.

here is my code :

public void readInStream( String propFileName )throws IOException
{
log.debug("in readInStream() : propFileName = "+propFileName);

URL url = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource("/"+propFileName);

if( url == null )
log.debug("URL for propFile is null");
else
log.debug("URL for propFile is "+ url.toString());


InputStream in = url.openStream();
if( in == null )
{
log.debug("InStream = null");
throw new IOException("InStream is Null in readInStream.");
}

Properties p = new Properties();
p.load( in );

in.close();

System.setProperties(p);

}
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here is the log output.

[PropertyReader] in readInStream() : propFileName = Paye.properties
[PropertyReader] URL for propFile is null
[Default] null
[Client] TRANSACTION ROLLBACK EXCEPTION:null
Embedded Exception
null; nested exception is:
javax.ejb.EJBException: null
Embedded Exception
null
[Client] java.lang.NullPointerException
[Client] at com.paye.payroll.ClientBean.ejbCreate(ClientBean.java:146)
[Client] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
[Client] at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.CMPPersistenceManager.createEntity(CMPPersistenceManager.java:204)
[Client] at org.jboss.ejb.EntityContainer.createHome(EntityContainer.java:616)
[Client] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
[Client] at org.jboss.ejb.EntityContainer$ContainerInterceptor.invokeHome(EntityContainer.java:843)
[Client] at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.EntitySynchronizationInterceptor.invokeHome(EntitySynchronizationInterceptor.java:231)
[Client] at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.EntityInstanceInterceptor.invokeHome(EntityInstanceInterceptor.java:154)
[Client] at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.EntityLockInterceptor.invokeHome(EntityLockInterceptor.java:108)
[Client] at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.TxInterceptorCMT.invokeNext(TxInterceptorCMT.java:135)
[Client] at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.TxInterceptorCMT.runWithTransactions(TxInterceptorCMT.java:307)
[Client] at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.TxInterceptorCMT.invokeHome(TxInterceptorCMT.java:86)
[Client] at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.SecurityInterceptor.invokeHome(SecurityInterceptor.java:103)
[Client] at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.LogInterceptor.invokeHome(LogInterceptor.java:106)
[Client] at org.jboss.ejb.EntityContainer.invokeHome(EntityContainer.java:420)
[Client] at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.jrmp.server.JRMPContainerInvoker.invokeHome(JRMPContainerInvoker.java:372)
[Client] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
[Client] at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:241)
[Client] at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:152)
[Client] at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
[Client] at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:148)
[Client] at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:465)
[Client] at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:706)
[Client] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)


Any suggestions??

Gary

[garymarsh]

Mark;

I found that if I removed the "/" from in front of the file name your suggestion worked.

thanks,

Gary

[henneschen]

I have the same problem, but your solution only gives the path to the directory of the starting call. e. g. C:/JBoss-2.4.4_Tomcat-4.0.1/jboss/bin/ and not the deployment directory.