Question

I have placed a properties file in below location. i created a folder in root and placed a properties file there.

/someFolder/some.properties

Now through java i need read properties using Properties class. can i give path as below?

Properties props = new Properties();

props.load(new FileInputStream("/someFolder/some.properties")); OR

props.load(new FileInputStream(“/someFolder//some.properties”));

Thanks!

Answer 1

Yes, you can give the path as in the first example and the second example will also work though there is no requirement for the //. You may has seen paths using \\, as the \ character requires escaping in string literals but the / does not require escaping.

Instead of hard-coding the path into the code, consider specifying the path via a property (or some other configuration setting):

java -Dmy.property.file=/someFolder/some.properties com.mine.MyApplication

Then access the path via System.getProperty("my.property.file");.