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Posted to users@maven.apache.org by Costin Caraivan <cc...@axway.com> on 2009/02/13 18:30:06 UTC
src/main/resources and hardcoded paths
Hello,
This will be a newbie question, regarding resource relocation at build time.
It goes like this: I code something, that maybe loads some .properties and
some images. I need the paths to those files, so I hardcode them. Maybe I
even use another .properties file to load these paths at runtime - but I
still need to hardcode the path to this file (or give it as an command line
option, let's say).
Anyway, Maven wants a certain structure, it wants the resources in
src/main/resources (I know it can be configured). But when it builds the
project jar, the resources are moved from that folder.
So:
compile time (in an IDE for example, like Eclipse):
src/main/java/classes
src/main/resources/resources
jar time:
classes
resources
How do you cope with this relocation? If I move everything in
src/main/resources, I'll break the code when compiling with something like
Eclipse (while debugging for example). If I don't, I break Maven (the build
is more complex, I can't really change the resource folder using <resources>
for various reasons).
How do you handle your resources when building with Maven? You just put the
resources in src/main/resources... and what happens when you run your jar?
Thank you for your answers,
Costin.
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Re: src/main/resources and hardcoded paths
Posted by Stephen Connolly <st...@gmail.com>.
load the resources through the classloader
Sent from my [rhymes with myPod] ;-)
On 13 Feb 2009, at 17:30, Costin Caraivan <cc...@axway.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This will be a newbie question, regarding resource relocation at
> build time.
> It goes like this: I code something, that maybe loads
> some .properties and
> some images. I need the paths to those files, so I hardcode them.
> Maybe I
> even use another .properties file to load these paths at runtime -
> but I
> still need to hardcode the path to this file (or give it as an
> command line
> option, let's say).
>
> Anyway, Maven wants a certain structure, it wants the resources in
> src/main/resources (I know it can be configured). But when it builds
> the
> project jar, the resources are moved from that folder.
>
> So:
> compile time (in an IDE for example, like Eclipse):
> src/main/java/classes
> src/main/resources/resources
>
> jar time:
> classes
> resources
>
> How do you cope with this relocation? If I move everything in
> src/main/resources, I'll break the code when compiling with
> something like
> Eclipse (while debugging for example). If I don't, I break Maven
> (the build
> is more complex, I can't really change the resource folder using
> <resources>
> for various reasons).
>
> How do you handle your resources when building with Maven? You just
> put the
> resources in src/main/resources... and what happens when you run
> your jar?
>
> Thank you for your answers,
> Costin.
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Re: src/main/resources and hardcoded paths
Posted by Costin Caraivan <cc...@axway.com>.
Mick Knutson-4 wrote:
>
> You mean like:
>
> classpath:someresource.properties
> ---
> Thank You…
>
> Mick Knutson, President
>
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Costin Caraivan
> <cc...@axway.com>wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> This will be a newbie question, regarding resource relocation at build
>> time.
>> It goes like this: I code something, that maybe loads some .properties
>> and
>> some images. I need the paths to those files, so I hardcode them. Maybe I
>> even use another .properties file to load these paths at runtime - but I
>> still need to hardcode the path to this file (or give it as an command
>> line
>> option, let's say).
>>
>> Anyway, Maven wants a certain structure, it wants the resources in
>> src/main/resources (I know it can be configured). But when it builds the
>> project jar, the resources are moved from that folder.
>>
>> So:
>> compile time (in an IDE for example, like Eclipse):
>> src/main/java/classes
>> src/main/resources/resources
>>
>> jar time:
>> classes
>> resources
>>
>> How do you cope with this relocation? If I move everything in
>> src/main/resources, I'll break the code when compiling with something
>> like
>> Eclipse (while debugging for example). If I don't, I break Maven (the
>> build
>> is more complex, I can't really change the resource folder using
>> <resources>
>> for various reasons).
>>
>> How do you handle your resources when building with Maven? You just put
>> the
>> resources in src/main/resources... and what happens when you run your
>> jar?
>>
>> Thank you for your answers,
>> Costin.
>
So, basically, Maven adds src/main/resources to the classpath and I should
add it too while running Eclipse (or maven-eclipse-plugin does it for me, I
haven't checked - I don't have access to a Maven project right now). The bad
news is that I'm not sure how the resources are loaded, they may be loaded
the wrong way (aka not like this:
http://jaredtech.blogspot.com/2005/05/loading-properties-with-classpath.html)
:(
Thank you,
Costin.
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Re: src/main/resources and hardcoded paths
Posted by Mick Knutson <mi...@gmail.com>.
You mean like:
classpath:someresource.properties
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On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Costin Caraivan <cc...@axway.com>wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This will be a newbie question, regarding resource relocation at build
> time.
> It goes like this: I code something, that maybe loads some .properties and
> some images. I need the paths to those files, so I hardcode them. Maybe I
> even use another .properties file to load these paths at runtime - but I
> still need to hardcode the path to this file (or give it as an command line
> option, let's say).
>
> Anyway, Maven wants a certain structure, it wants the resources in
> src/main/resources (I know it can be configured). But when it builds the
> project jar, the resources are moved from that folder.
>
> So:
> compile time (in an IDE for example, like Eclipse):
> src/main/java/classes
> src/main/resources/resources
>
> jar time:
> classes
> resources
>
> How do you cope with this relocation? If I move everything in
> src/main/resources, I'll break the code when compiling with something like
> Eclipse (while debugging for example). If I don't, I break Maven (the build
> is more complex, I can't really change the resource folder using
> <resources>
> for various reasons).
>
> How do you handle your resources when building with Maven? You just put the
> resources in src/main/resources... and what happens when you run your jar?
>
> Thank you for your answers,
> Costin.
> --
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