[Babeldoc-devel] Configuration file on classpath (J2EE integration)

[Walt Teh-M. Y. <wal...@as...>]

Hi,

I'm trying to get Babeldoc 1.1.9-dev to work in a J2EE web project.
However it doesn't seem to pick up custom configuration files that I put
under WEB-INF/classes.  I successfully integrated the stable version
(1.0.2) to the project by supplying configuration files in the classpath
under WEB-INF/classes and it does pick up and initialises itself
properly.

After looking into the source, it seems like
getN_MatchingUrlsInSearchPath() in com.babeldoc.core.ResourceLoader
always adds the classpath to the end of the search path.  If I
understand the source correctly, this means the configuration files in
the classpath are considered the *most general* and will be overridden
subsequently if the same configuration options are found in the jar
files.  And as the core jar includes a set of default configuration
files, it seems impossible to override those defaults by supplying
configuration files at the classpath.

I wonder if someone could explain why the classpath is added after all
modules search paths.

Ps/ I'm aware that by setting the system property babeldoc.user, I'll be
able to override the default configuration.  But I'd like to be able to
do it from the classpath where possible.

-- Walt