Read a Properties File in a Static Floating Block

Question

I am trying to read a properties file in a static floating block:
   static
      try
         Properties p = new Properties();  
         String path = "/WEB-INF/classes";
         InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream( path + "artimus_message_MessagInboxConfig.properties" );
         p.load(is); // load the stream into the Properties object
         WEBSITE_HOME = p.getProperty( "WEBSITE_HOME" );
         setWebSiteHome( WEBSITE_HOME );
      catch { ......}
   }I got a compilation error saying that the non-static method getClass() cannot be referenced from a static context. There is almost no way to make this static floating block non-static. What should I do?

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply. But, huh... I do not quite
understand. Which class is MyClass?It's a generic placeholder for whichever class your put that block into. You wouldn't put it there literally--replace it with the name of the actual class. If that block is in Foo.java, then use Foo.class instead of MyClass.class.
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Okay, this static floating block is in a class called
MessageInboxConfig.java. Then use MessageInboxConfig.class.getResourceAsStream(...)
And inside this static
floating block, I am reading a properties file and
this properties file is in the
ContextRoot/WEB-INF/classes/artimus_message_MessagInbox
onfig.propertiesHow do I read this properties file?
Properties p = new Properties();  
InputStream is = MessageInboxConfig.class.getResourceAsStream("artimus_message_MessagInboxConfig.properties" );
... etc. ...You shouldn't need to specify "WEB-INF/classes," since it should be in your classpath. What you pass to getResource is a path relative to a directory in your classpath.