Path directory in Tomcat using Restlet

Question

I have my restlet.Component deployed in Tomcat, in this, i read a configuration file of my app:

this.properties.load(new FileInputStream("config/conf.properties));

I have got a java.io.FileNotFoundException

My webapp structure is:

/mi-webapp
  /config
     conf.properties
  /WEB-INF
    /classes
    /lib
    web.xml

How can i get the real path in restlet? i read about ServletContext.getRealPath() but it's a bad practice, how do you recommend?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 03 '12 at 12:08

Move the config directory inside WEB-INF/classes and use this code instead:

    URL url = this.class.getClassLoader().getResource("config/conf.properties");
    try {
        this.properties.load(url.openStream());
    } catch (IOException e) {
        System.out.println("Couldn't open/load properties file");
    }

This way you load the file from the classpath which is within the scope of your application anyway, and doesn't result in any security holes.

Path directory in Tomcat using Restlet

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