Load Properties Files

Question

Hi,
I try to load the configProperties.load(new FileInputStream("properties/log4j.properties")), but it always didn't see the property file.
I had to hard code like configProperties.load(new FileInputStream("C:\\Java\\WebTool\\properties\\log4j.properties")) for getting the properties.
Did anyone know how to get the properties is working on local and unix box too ?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Reading from a property file and using
System.getProperty are two distinct things!
To open a file that comes with your application you
should do something like this:
InputStream in =
obj.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/properties/log4j.
properties");The part where you bang your head on the keyboard is
where you try to compose the right path to pass to
getResourceAsStream.Oh, absolutely, DrJam (you might not ever live that one down, you know ;o) ... anyway, it was this part ["but it always didn't see the property file."], that I was picking up on ...
The OP went on to point out that giving it the whole path seemed to work. My post was not as clear as it should have been, but I was proposing that he/she actually put the file in his/her user.home; then do something like:
private static final String USER_HOME = System.getProperty("user.home");
InputStream in = obj.getClass().getResourceAsStream(USER_HOME+"log4j.properties");