Question

I have a properties file that I currently have in this folder:

/src/webapp/WEB-INF/classes/my.properties

I am loading it using:

ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
InputStream is = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("/my.properties");

Properties props = new Properties();

try {
    props.load(is);
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace(); 
}

String test = props.getProperty("test");

Now this works fine in my Spring mvc application.

But when I created a test for this, it fails and I am assuming because the way the application loads it is not using web-inf/classes since it is just a class and not a spring web app.

So where do I put my properties file so that when my junit tests run, the properties file is picked up?

Also, for my web app, what other folders are in the default class path other than /web-inf/classes ?

Answer 1

If you put my.properties under /src/test/resources in maven, it will be available as a normal resource to your tests.