Unable to locate the resource using classloader

hello all

i have cerated a simple web app with following structure.

-index.jsp

-WEB-INF

- lib

- cltest.jar

- web.xml

here

cltest.jar contains a class test.example.CLtest and my.prop file.

code of this class is

package test.example;

publicclass CLtest

{

static

{

System.out.println("Classloader -- " + CLtest.class.getClassLoader());

System.out.println("Resource -- "

+ CLtest.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(

"test/example/my.prop"));

}

}

also in my index.jsp i have

<%@ page import="test.example.CLtest" %>

<%

Class c= CLtest.class;

%>

Now

when i run the index.jsp in jboss server. i m not able to locate my.prop resource using

CLtest.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("/test/example/my.prop")

but

i amd able to locate it using

CLtest.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("test/example/my.prop")

So my question is whats the difference between

CLtest.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("/test/example/my.prop")

and

CLtest.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("test/example/my.prop")

thanks in advance

[1615 byte] By [preetam_picta] at [2007-11-27 11:36:32]