Loading properties in JAR directory

Question

I am trying to load properties files that are in the directory structure of the JAR file. The first properties object loads, but subsequent properties objects will not load. The code is as follows:
public Properties loadProperties(String file_name)
InputStream data = null;
Properties props = null;
try
data = getClass().getResourceAsStream(file_name);
//if(data==null) exit("ERROR: "+file_name);
props = new Properties();
props.load(data);
data.close();
data = null;
catch(Exception e)
handleException(e, file_name);
if(DEBUG)
printline("Property Loaded Successfully: " + file_name);
printline(props.toString());
return props;
the file names have the following setup
/directory/subdir1/subdir2/subdir3/file_name
The code works fine when not JAR'd - any suggestions?

Answer 1

If your program is in an executeable jar file then add the following in the manifest
class-path: junk.jar
junk.jar has
pjb/props/myconfig.properties file
To access the properties in junk from your executable jar file in your class, do the following
Locale eng = Locale.ENGLISH;
String myvalue  = java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle("pjb.props.myconfig",eng).getString("greeting");That should work
Or if you not using an executable jar file just set your CLASSPATH to the directory where that junk.jar is.
java -cp c:\myjavalib\stash\                 <-----Assmuing junk.jar is in thereJava dynamically reads jar files.