[news.eclipse.webtools] Re: Tomcat/Servlet Resource File Location

[Larry Isaacs <Larry.Isaacs@xxxxxxx>]

Andreas H. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got a small problem, couldn't find anything about it:
>
> I'm using TomCat (6.0.20) in Eclipse Europa with WTP. I want to write 
> some small servlets with database access where I want the db information 
> provided by properties-files.
> My problem is the following: How can I deploy those resource files so I 
> can find the properties-files in a relative manner? I have tried to 
> include them in the src-directory, as external files, add them to the 
> build path, ... But I don't know where I should put them or how I should 
> publish the small web project to be able to relatively access the 
> resource files. Can someone give me hints on what to do here?
>
> cheers,
> meta

You could try something like the following to get an InputStream to read 
the properties:

Servlet.getServletConfig().getServletContext().getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/db.properties")

Error and exception handling to be added.

Cheers,
Larry