Question

I’m trying to load a properties file without using the actual path of the file. I’ve already done that on some other simple apps using:

InputStream inputStream = ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream(PROPERTIES_FILE); props.load(inputStream); 

But this time it doesn’t work. The inputStream is null for some reason. PROPERTIES_FILE is a constant defined as ‘app.properties’. I tried to remove the .properties extension and got the same results.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Answer 1

The PROPERTIES_FILE constant should include the package as well as the properties file (e.g. ‘com/some/library/file.properties’.

    final static String PROPS_FILE = '/com/some/library/file.props';                      //The preceding  '/' is dependendant on wheterh                       //you are going to be giving a relative or absolute location     InputStream is = YourCurrentClass.class.getResourceAsStream(PROPS_FILE);