Using external properties files in weblogic

Question

I am working on deploying a J2ee application that I have previously been deploying in JBOSS into Weblogic 10.3.1.0. I am running into an issue with external properties files. In Jboss I can just put the properties files into $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/conf, and they are loaded onto the system classpath and I can access them without any problems. I was able to put shared libraries into $MIDDLEWAREHOME/user_projects/domains/mydomain/lib and they were loaded into the system classpath without any problems but I am unable to load properties files.

Does anyone know how to include external properties files in Weblogic?

Thanks,

Answer 1

I figured this out and have it working the way I would expect. First I did try the suggestions as above. If i added a folder to my classpath, or put the properties files in a folder on my classpath, the jars in the file were picked up, but not properties files. If i put my properties files in a jar, and put them in a folder on my classpath everything worked. But I did not want to have jar my files everytime a change was made. The following works in my env.

If i place the properties files in %WEBLOGIC_HOME%/user_projects/domains/MYDOMAIN then they are getting picked up, without having to be placed in a jar file.