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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 09:31:30 +0000
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Subject: Re: Tomcat 6.0 CLASSPATH query
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On 8 Dec 2012, at 20:57, "vicky007aggarwal@yahoo.co.in"
<vicky007aggarwal@yahoo.co.in> wrote:

> Thanks Mark
>
> Sorry for the confusion i created related to my requirements.
> 5 Out of 6  requirements you stated below are correct. The last point i.e=
 $CATALINA_BASE is writable. I can manipulate/write files to this location.
> So now do you have anything more to add to your proposed solution as you =
suggested below

1. Please stop top-posting.
2. Put your resources in CATALINA_BASE/lib


p


>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Vicky
>
>
>
> On Dec 9, 2012, at 2:09 AM, Mark Eggers <its_toasted@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> See at the end for a truly spectacularly bad potential solution. Note th=
at I have not tried this, so your mileage may vary.
>>
>> On 12/8/2012 11:51 AM, vicky wrote:
>>> Thanks Mark for your valuable suggestions.
>>>
>>> But in my project i have a requirement to share one
>>> "resource/properties file " across 10 applications deployed on single
>>> tomcat instance
>>>
>>> We cannot afford to add the same properties file to all archives as
>>> its contents keep changing.
>>>
>>> Another restriction which i have is that i cannot place any file
>>> under "$CATALINA_HOME" directories , these are read only for us.
>>>
>>> Based on afore said concerns, do you have any better way out ..please
>>> suggest.
>>>
>>> Appreciated all of your help
>>>
>>> Thanks for ur time Vicky
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________ From: Mark Eggers
>>> <its_toasted@yahoo.com> To: Tomcat Users List
>>> <users@tomcat.apache.org> Sent: Sunday, 9 December 2012 12:23 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Tomcat 6.0 CLASSPATH query
>>>
>>> Comments inline below (a bit fuzzy from the move yet).
>>>
>>> On 12/8/2012 9:58 AM, vicky wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have read the Tomcat 6.0 classloader documentation(below link),
>>>> from this what i understood is that the
>>>> "classes/jar/resource/properties file" get loaded  from the
>>>> following locations
>>>>
>>>> 1.Bootstrap classes of your JVM  ($JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext).
>>>> 2.System class loader classes  ( Add bootstrap.jar &
>>>> tomcat-juli.jar to CLASSPATH variable) 3.Common class loader
>>>> classes ( refers $CATALINA_BASE/lib  & $CATALINA_HOME/lib ) & uses
>>>> $CATALINA_BASE/conf/catalina.properties 4. /WEB-INF/classes of
>>>> your web application 5. /WEB-INF/lib/*.jar of your web application
>>>>
>>>> The thing which is still puzzling me is that how my
>>>> "resource/properties files" get loaded to Tomcat CLASSPATH when i
>>>> add them to "$CATALINA_BASE/bin" directory & When i move the same
>>>> files to $CATALINA_BASE/conf directory then it doesn't get added to
>>>> Tomcat CLASSPATH.
>>>>
>>>> My deployed applications need"properties/resource files ", Can
>>>> someone please help me in understand the optimal way of adding
>>>> these files to Tomcat CLASSPATH. Does placing the files under
>>>> <CATALINA_BASE>/bin is the right approach.Please suggest
>>>
>>> Why in the world are you adding these resource files to Tomcat's
>>> CLASSPATH? If the resources are application - specific, you don't
>>> need to do this at all.
>>>
>>> Just add the files to your local application. In Maven, there's a
>>> special directory for that:
>>>
>>> src/main/resources
>>>
>>> In NetBeans, I normally create a separate package for all of my
>>> configuration files.
>>>
>>> I think in Eclipse you'll have to make a subdirectory under
>>> WEB-INF/classes and copy the files there. That's unpleasant. Eclipse
>>> will include that in the build of the WAR file when you do an
>>> "export".
>>>
>>> Then, just do the following in your code to reference the resource.
>>>
>>> InputStream in =3D
>>> this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(configfile);
>>>
>>> Where configfile is the complete classpath to your resource.
>>>
>>> This is nice. It works in exploded WARs, it works in WAR files, it
>>> works in JARs.
>>>
>>> No mucking about with CLASSPATH. No polluting other applications or
>>> Tomcat with spurious application - specific resources. This enables
>>> you to run several copies of the same web application in the same
>>> container, all with different configurations.
>>>
>>> Just search for getResourceAsStream() for more explanation.
>>>
>>>> In my organisation i cannot add anything to "$CATALINA_HOME/lib or
>>>> bin" location ,these are read only directories
>>>>
>>>> http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/class-loader-howto.html
>>>> Thanks for your help Vicky
>>>
>>> Not needed.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________ From: Pid * <pid@pidster.com> To:
>>>> Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> Sent: Saturday, 8
>>>> December 2012 10:34 PM Subject: Re: Tomcat 6.0 CLASSPATH query
>>>>
>>>> On 8 Dec 2012, at 03:29, "vicky007aggarwal@yahoo.co.in"
>>>> <vicky007aggarwal@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Application is deployed under tomcat webapps directory . It
>>>>> tries to refer to application specific properties file from
>>>>> tomcat classpath, for that we copied it under tomcat bin
>>>>> directory.
>>>>>
>>>>> My query is that does this is the right way to add properties
>>>>> file to tomcat classpath?
>>>>
>>>> Did you try putting it in tomcat/lib?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> p
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for ur help, Vicky
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 8, 2012, at 2:11 AM, Christopher Schultz
>>>>> <chris@christopherschultz.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Vicky,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/7/12 11:48 AM, vicky wrote:
>>>>>>> I have a requirement in which i need to add couple of
>>>>>>> properties files to tomcat CLASSPATH as these are needed for
>>>>>>> my application deployed in Tomcat 6.0.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One strange thing is that, i need to add the all my
>>>>>>> properties files to "<CATALINA_BASE>/bin" directory else
>>>>>>> these all wont get added to Tomcat classpath.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Where does the code live that attempts to load those
>>>>>> properties files?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - -chris
>>>
>>> . . . just my (I hate moving) 2 cents /mde/
>>
>> Vicky,
>>
>> So let me now understand your requirements.
>>
>> 1. Properties files to be read by web applications
>> 2. 10 web applications on one Tomcat instance
>> 3. All 10 web applications read identical files
>> 4. Property files change frequently
>> 5. $CATALINA_HOME and $CATALINA_BASE are read-only
>> 6. $CATALINA_BASE/lib and $CATALINA_BASE/bin are read-only
>>
>> In the future it would be a good idea to list all of your requirements a=
nd restrictions at once, rather than having the list extract it by recommen=
ding solutions which fail one or more requirements.
>>
>> The approach (placing resource files on the CLASSPATH) is probably not a=
 good one given the requirements as you've stated them.
>>
>> If you're wedded to reading resources from a CLASSPATH, the only reasona=
ble way to live with the above requirements is to use files in WEB-INF/clas=
ses. Then the application will have to be changed each time you update the =
resource files. This all can be scripted so that operations won't have too =
big of a burden.
>>
>> Placing the resources in a JAR somewhere on Tomcat's CLASSPATH poses sev=
eral problems.
>>
>> 1. You cannot modify the directories where Tomcat reads JARs
>> 2. A change to the resource will require a Tomcat restart
>>
>> One of the only ways I can see around this is as follows.
>>
>> 1. create a setenv.sh in $CATALINA_BASE/bin (or setenv.bat)
>>
>> I realize you do not have write access to this, but maybe operations can=
 create that file.
>>
>> 2. In that setenv.sh, add the following:
>>
>> CLASSPATH=3D/place/where/your/jar/is.jar
>> EXPORT CLASSPATH
>>
>> 3. Make the /place/where/your/jar/is.jar readable
>>
>> This JAR file must be readable by the user running Tomcat
>>
>> 4. In is.jar add all your configuration files
>>
>> This is a pretty spectacularly bad solution for several reasons.
>>
>> 1. You're reading a file outside of Tomcat's directory structure
>> 2. Eunning under the security manager would be challenging
>> 3. Tomcat restart for changing the JAR with the properties files
>>
>> At this point, I would seriously look at scripting the 10 web applicatio=
n updates, or loading the properties files in a database and access them vi=
a JNDI.
>>
>> . . . . just my two cents.
>> /mde/
>>
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