Adding a directory to tomcat classpath and read the property file in spring

Question

I am trying to read the test1.properties file which is located at an external folder.

here is my spring config file:

<bean id="propertyConfigurer3" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
    <property name="ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders" value="true"/>
    <property name="locations">
        <list>
            <value>classpath:test.properties</value>
            <value>classpath:test1.properties</value>
        </list>
    </property>
</bean>

if I place the test1.properties in the tomcat7/lib folder, I am able to read it. However, I want to place it in a different directory as tomcat7/env/test1.properties

I have added the path to the the conf/catalina.properties:

common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/env

This its not working, please help

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solution: Ok.. finally fixed it.. I had been doing it correctly this whole time.. it was my IDE which caused the problem. The IDE was not picking up the changes in the catalina.properties file. I had to delete the server config in my IDE and re configure it.

these links were helpful in general:

• Adding a directory to tomcat classpath

• http://www.mulesoft.com/tomcat-classpath#solutions

Answer 1

Use setenv.sh in the bin directory. If the file doesn't exist, create it. To add something to the classpath use the following syntax:

CLASSPATH=/yourdir/

For windows: setenv.bat

Solution: creating the setenv.bat file under tomcat bin folder helped me in WINDOWS.