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Re: placing the properties file in tomcat

To: Kamesh Challa <kamesh@netexpress.net>
Subject: Re: placing the properties file in tomcat
From: Poorav Chaudhari <pooravc@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 09:09:37 -0800 (PST)
Cc: ajug-members@ajug.org
In-Reply-To: <1049236206.3e8a12ee0af56@www.secureserver.com>

Kamesh,

Thanks for shedding some light, but now i have a few more questions. Please
bear with me. you can possibly show me the first few steps of how i should
approach my problem. I am already using the application.resources file for my
displaying errors, although i must admit it's inner working i have yet to fully
understand. anywho, now i would like to make the use of another properties file
that stores things like paths to certain files, server name etc. These
obviously i need at various points in the application. let this property file
be app.properties. from what i understood,  i can place this file in the
/WEB-INF/classes folder and i my entry for it in the web.xml will be something
like

  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>

    <init-param>
      <param-name>application</param-name>
      <param-value>app.properties</param-value>
    </init-param>

    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
  </servlet>

I don't know what to substitute servlet-name and servlet-class with. and again,
how do i access these properties from my beans and jsps. 

I did look at the java.util.ResourceBundle, but that didn'tdo much except for
give me a conceptual understanding of the usage of resourcebundle. 

i think an explanation on this will greatly clear my doubts, and i will be very
grateful,

Thank you


--- Kamesh Challa <kamesh@netexpress.net> wrote:
> 
> Poorav,
>     If I understand it correctly you want to understand where/how you'd use 
> properties file within your STRUTS based application. 
> 
> If so.. read ahead... 
> 
> One of the frequent uses of property files within STRUTS FRAMEWORK is to 
> customize/standardize error messages across the application. 
> 
> Let's take an example of defining system wide error messages for clarity.
> 
> You'd have to do 4 basic things to accomplish this:
> 
> 1. Define error messages in a property file as key value pairs (The usual
> way;-
> )). 
> 
> Eg: Say you've ApplicationResources.properties file that had the error
> messages 
> defined 
> 
> error.last_name.required=<li><b>Last name</b> is required</li>
> 
> Note: Generally HTML tags are included along with the error messages to be 
> prominent. 
> 
> 2. Use the error messages to populate the
> org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors 
> object in case of validation fails in your Application Action Form via the 
> validate method.  
> 
> Eg: You may do something like this in your application Action Form in the 
> validate method (per say)
> 
>   if (last_name is equal to null || some other condition) {
> 	errors.add("last_name", 
>                new ActionError("error.last_name.required"));
>   }
> 
> 3. Define the property file to be available for the framework as the servlet 
> init parameter within web.xml file:
>  
> Eg: The way you would define the property file is to mention within the
> action 
> servlet tag. 
> 
> <servlet>
>       <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
>       <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
>       <init-param>
>          <param-name>application</param-name>
>          <param-value>org.XXX.YYY.ZZZ.ApplicationResources</param-value>
>       </init-param>
> 
> 
> 4. Of course you'd be using the <html:errors/> tag in your front end jsps to 
> pull the error messages out of the errors object. 
> 
> This is a simple overview of HOW property file is used. There are tons of 
> varieties of usage. 
> 
> While using property files just remember "load 'em once on startup and use
> 'em 
> over and over". 
> 
> Check out java.util.ResourceBundle. 
> 
> 
> HTH....
> 
> Thanks and BR, 
> --Kamesh Challa
> Yash Technologies Inc.
> 
> 
> Quoting Poorav Chaudhari <pooravc@yahoo.com>:
> 
> > I have a feeling i am missing the jist of how to use properties. I read the
> > short tutorial on using properties to manage program attributes. but in
> that
> > it
> > is explained with the use of a standalone application. The use and
> > implementation of properties in a servlet environment seems to be a
> > completely
> > different ball game. my application is specifically in struts framework.
> > now
> > the properties that i define in the properties file, will be used through
> > out
> > the application. can i find some sort of discussion on this online?
> > something
> > that will help me clarify this confusion? Thanks.
> > 
> > Poorav
> > 
> > 
> > --- Calvin Yu <cyu77@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Here's how you load it up as a Properties object:
> > > 
> > > 1. ServletContext.getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/classes/foo.properties");
> > > 
> > > 2. Object.getClass().getClassLoader("foo.properties");
> > > 
> > > Calvin
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Tue,  1 Apr 2003 12:28:34 -0500, Kamesh Challa <kamesh@netexpress.net>
> > 
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Couple of methods. 1. Use ResourceBundle rBundle = 
> > > > ResourceBundle.getBundle("<your property file name>");
> > > > rBundle.getString("<Your property name>");
> > > >
> > > > 2. Use:
> > > > init parameters within your web.xml and use it. (Struts applications
> are
> > 
> > > > classic examples)
> > > >
> > > > I remember some examples within the samples given under tomcat. Check
> it
> > 
> > > > out.
> > > >
> > > > HTH...
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, --Kamesh Challa
> > > > Yash Technologies Inc.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Quoting Poorav Chaudhari <pooravc@yahoo.com>:
> > > >
> > > >> For my web application, i have created a properties file. It is placed
> > 
> > > >> in
> > > >> the
> > > >> WEB-INF/classes folder. to test the properties file i also created a 
> > > >> small
> > > >> command line program. that worked fine, i was able to print the values
> > 
> > > >> of
> > > >> properties. but when i run the web app on tomcat, i get an error
> > saying
> > > >> that
> > > >> the properties file cannot be found. what am i missing.
> > > >>
> > > >> Thank you in advance.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> =====
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> > > >>
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