Re: How to handle properties file

[Nicolas Geoffray]

On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 06:40 +0200, Michael Koch wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 11:24:16PM +0200, Nicolas Geoffray wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 21:54 +0200, Sascha Brawer wrote:
> > > Hi Nicolas,
> > > 
> > > http://developer.classpath.org/doc/java/util/logging/LogManager.html
> > > 
> > > I think the default config file should not be shipped as part of 
> > > glibj.zip, but instead installed as a separate file. Sorry, I don't have 
> > > the time right now to fix it myself...
> > > 
> > 
> > OK. Thank you Sascha for the answer.
> > 
> > So, properties files inside a jar (or zip) archive are always handled by
> > the application (or the gnu classpath files)? Nothing should be done at
> > the opening of the jar file? If I'm asking, it's because i'm afraid as a
> > vm implementor to make some code that will read a jar file (like
> > glibj.zip) and do things like looking for *.properties files from it.
> 
> 
> Now I understand your original request. Sorry for my stupidity.
> No, not all *.properties files have to be outside of glibj.zip.
> E.g. we use property files to define locale data. These need to be still
> inside glibj.zip. Others should be outside to be editable by the
> administrator of the GNU classpath installation. Can you please file a


No problem Michael, maybe i wasn't clear enough.
So these property files inside the glibj.zip, who (the java application?
gnu classpath? the vm?) handles it?

> bug report for this?
> 

Robert Schuster has.

> 
> Thanks,
> Michael