property file with same name in two jars gets confused

[Irene Loos]

Hi,
We have two J2EE applications running on WAS 6.1. Application use library of jars that setup thru classpath. There is a property file with the same name but under different folder structure in two different jars. Application 1 points to file from first jar, application 2 points to a file from jar 2, but sometimes, application 1 pulls the file from jar 2 - how is that possible? The behavior is random.

Thank you

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Irene,
How you are loading the property file? By file name or path? For example, A.properties vs b/c/A.properties?

[Irene Loos]

Hi Jeanne,
The java class in the applciation that class it has an import statement to a class in reusbale jar that is linked thru shared libraries. Shared jars all located in the same folder.

The applciation has xml properties. The file that we need to use i specified here:
<resource
name="datasource.n1n.validate_buffers"
basepath="projects/transactions"
startpath="projects/transactions"
pattern="validate_buffers.properties">
</resource>

Once it is in the reusbale jar, the clas has following:

ResourceManager serverResources = ResourceRegistry.getInstance().get("datasource.n1n.server");
ResourceManager transactionResources = ResourceRegistry.getInstance().get("datasource.n1n.validate");
ResourceBundle transactionProperties = transactionResources.asResourceBundle();
ResourceBundle bufferProperties = ResourceRegistry.getInstance().get("datasource.cics.validate_buffers").asResourceBundle();

from there it will attempt to use property file and randonly will go to file that is called from another application that has following in xml properties:
<resource
name="datasource.n1n.validate_buffers"
basepath="projects/components/bproject/finder"
startpath="projects/components/bproject/finder"
pattern="properties/validate_buffers.properties">
</resource>


Irene

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Hmm. Those files clearly have different paths in the XML. I'm not familiar with that tag though.

[Ulf Dittmer]

Have you tried using different names for the resources? Given them the same name is bound to cause confusion at the least.

[Irene Loos]

Thank you for all replies. We wil lbe changing the name of property file to be unique in each application.