ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream not working when running on tomcat

Question

I am loading a configfile using ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream. The file is placed in the src folder of my GWT application. It ends up in war/WEB-INF/classes. I copy the war folder to tomcat under webapps/MyApp. When running the application, getSystemResourceAsStream throws an exception. When running under Jetty it works fine.

Answer 1

Try:

getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream();

It will definitely work; I also had same type of problem. This question describes why you are having that problem.