Re: properties file again

["Lim Hock-Chai" <Lim.Hock-Chai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I tested it on my local and here is what I see:
The FileUtil.class.getClassLoader().getResource( "boss.properties")
returns a File object with the path as
"file:\C:\jar\Boss.zip!\boss.properties"
When I try to create a FileInputStream with this File object, it failed
with "java.io.FileNotFoundException:
file:\C:\jar\Boss.zip!\boss.properties (The filename, directory name, or
volume label syntax is incorrect)".

It seems like FileInputStream is not capable of understanding classpath
variable and/or not capable of reading a file that is in a zip file.

Below is my test program:
public class Test2 {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		File myFile = FileUtil.findFile("boss.properties");
		try {
			FileInputStream myFileIS = new
FileInputStream(myFile);
			Properties prop = new Properties();
			prop.load(myFileIS);
			System.out.println("loaded");
			
		} catch (Exception ex) {
			System.out.println(ex);	
		}
		System.out.println(myFile);
	}
}

"James Perkins" <jrperkinsjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:<mailman.5204.1241539916.23468.web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>...
> You actually shouldn't have to change your code. The using of
InputStream
> was just a suggestion. It's always the best to use the highest level
object
> you can. It just helps you change from a FileInputStream to say a
> StringBufferInputStream without changing other code.
>
> If you can debug it, I would check to see what the name of the file is
that
> is returned and make sure it's in the JAR or at least your classpath.
The
> code looks fine, but my guess would be that it's not found in the
classpath.
> --
> James R. Perkins
>
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 08:42, Lim Hock-Chai
> <Lim.Hock-Chai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > Thanks James, I was hoping that we do not have to change code for
this.
> > My project is to move our J2EE application from jBOSS to WAS6.1.
> >
> > Below are relevent code that does the setFile:
> >
> >        public static File findFile( String fileName ) {
> >            File file = null;
> >        URL url = FileUtil.class.getClassLoader().getResource(
fileName
> > );
> >        if( url != null ) {
> >            String decodedUrl = null;
> >            try {
> >                decodedUrl = URLDecoder.decode( url.getPath(),
"ASCII"
> > );
> >            } catch( UnsupportedEncodingException uee ) {
> >                uee.printStackTrace();
> >            }
> >            file = new File( decodedUrl );
> >        }
> >        return file;
> >        }
> >
> >
> > I'll look to see what the different between FileInputStream in
> > InputStream.
> >
> > Thanks