Default directory structure - simple question.

Question

I need to add a configuration file to my application.
I thought about adding it to either the web or web/resources directory of my project.
My question is this:
How do I reference either of these directories in my File access routine?
Thanks

Answer 1

Ah OK, now I see .. You can use a propertiesfile and put it in the classpath (inside a WAR, it can be the root of the package or the WEB-INF/lib directory). Then you can retrieve it by ClassLoader#getSystemResourceAsStream().
Basically:
String filename = "config.properties";
InputStream input = ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream(filename);
Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.load(input);
input.close();
String someKey = properties.getProperty("someKey");Where config.properties looks like:someKey = someValue
anotherKey = anotherValueAlso see the java.util.Properties API.