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user1472409
user1472409

Reputation: 407

Tomcat Folder as Classpath?

I have a really weird issue with Tomcat that I can't seem to fix. My issue is that it seems that Tomcat sees the Tomcat folder (C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Tomcat 6) as the classpath. This issue comes into effect when I set my JAVA_OPTS to reference my properties file.

-Ddoiadmin.properties.file=doiadmin.properties

I have the properties file in my classpath (WEB-INF/classes) however when I start Tomcat, I get the error:

com.XXXXX.commons.servicecore.ServiceConfigurationException: Could not find main properties file (directly or on classpath): [doiadmin.properties]

The only way to get the application to properly start is to put the properties file in the Tomcat folder. This is annoying and not something I want to do in the long run.

I scoured the internet and asked a few people to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks for any help -Tim

Upvotes: 1

Views: 668

Answers (1)

Bill Comer
Bill Comer

Reputation: 1043

If I understand you correctly I would do this:

In you web.xml have the following:

<env-entry>
  <env-entry-name>RootPathPropertyName</env-entry-name>
  <env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
  <env-entry-value>uk.co.foo.project.path</env-entry-value>
</env-entry>

<env-entry>
  <env-entry-name>RootPathPropertyValue</env-entry-name>
  <env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
  <env-entry-value>d:/foo/bar</env-entry-value>
</env-entry>

In you context set up a PlaceHolderConfigurer as follows:

<!-- Properties Configuration -->
<bean id="propertyConfigurer"
     class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
  <property name="order" value="1"/>
  <property name="locations">
    <list>
      <value>file:${uk.co.foo.project.path}/config/foo.properties</value>
    </list>
  </property>
</bean>

In your tomcat config you can override the default location with the following in the file /conf/Catalina/localhost/foo.xml:

<Context path="foo" >
<Environment name="RootPathPropertyValue" value="c:/foo/bar" type="java.lang.String" override="false"/>
</Context>

Upvotes: 1

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