Can't find properties file

Question

Hi, guys. I've been working all day trying to get my little app to find a properties file that I have. It's in both my source directory, and in the classes directory. I try to get it like:
InputStream in = ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream("user.properties");Since that file is where the .class file is, what am I missing when my code can't find that property file?
Thanks!
Jonathan

Answer 1

Is this a desktop or a Web app?
Web apps use a hierarchy of class loaders.
Try this and see if it works better:
            ClassLoader classLoader           = Class.forName(CLASS_NAME).getClassLoader();
            URL propertiesURL                       = classLoader.getResource(propertiesFileName);
            InputStream propertiesStream    = propertiesURL.openStream();
            Properties properties                     = new Properties();
            properties.load(propertiesStream);
            propertiesStream.close();Make sure the path to the .properties file is in your CLASSPATH, of course. AND import java.net.URL.