Question

How do I give absolute path to the properties file.

autoamtion_environment_properties = new Properties();
InputStream iStream = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(("C:\\automation_environment.properties"));

This is giving a null pointer exception.

If I have this file in project root folder it works, but I need to access it from outside. Any idea what needs to be done?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Why not use a FileInputStream instead of all that crazy Thread stuff?

InputStream in = new FileInputStream(new File("C:\\automation_environment.properties"));

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/FileInputStream.html