Re: [jetty-users] How to pass property files not in start.d to start.jar

[Tom Zeller <tzeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, created bugzilla 434505 with patch :

 https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=434505

On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 7:44 AM, Joakim Erdfelt <joakim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, create a bugzilla with the patch.
> We cannot accept anonymous patches, legally speaking.
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> On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 7:19 PM, Tom Zeller <tzeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> It would be great if start.jar would accept a properties file external
>> to jetty.home and jetty.base. Our application will ship with a single
>> properties file and we would like to not duplicate it to the
>> container.
>>
>> Attached is a patch for jetty-start 9.1.5.v20140505 (not sure if this
>> list accepts attachments). I understand that this project does not
>> accept patches via email, but before I spend more time and create a
>> bugzilla issue I thought I would ask if the patch seems reasonable. I
>> basically copied StartArgs#resolveExtraXmls() and created
>> StartArgs#resolvePropertyFiles(). I did not write a test, but I did
>> verify that start.jar passed a property file external to
>> jetty.home|base to XmlConfiguration.
>>
>> I can create a bugzilla issue, let me know.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tom
>>
>> On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Joakim Erdfelt <joakim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > that command line is invalid.
>> > how about ...
>> >
>> >> java -jar start.jar myapp.property=foo
>> >
>> > if you want a list of properties managed in a file, create a
>> > ${jetty.base}/start.ini and put your properties in there. (skip the
>> > start.d/*.ini use entirely)
>> >
>> >
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>> > On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Tom Zeller <tzeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> According to the documentation [1], it should be possible to pass a
>> >> properties file located at an arbitrary path to start.jar, but this
>> >> does not seem to be the case :
>> >>
>> >>  > java -jar start.jar app.properties
>> >>  Unrecognized argument: "app.properties" in <command-line>
>> >>
>> >> It looks like command line args are not passed in totality from
>> >> StartArgs to XmlConfiguration.
>> >>
>> >> Is there a way to source properties for use in <Property /> elements
>> >> from a properties file at an arbitrary path (not in start.d) ?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Tom
>> >>
>> >> [1]
>> >>
>> >> http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/9.1.2.v20140210/jetty-xml-usage.html
>> >> (Setting Parameters in Configuration Files)
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