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Vipin Nair
Vipin Nair

Reputation: 515

Including a property file with the Jar file in a single folder

I am creating a java application in Eclipse Helios.I have created a class in which i need to have data from the .properties file which i added in the folder containing the solution .Through this code i can accesss the value from the .properties file when i try to run it in Eclipse.

The code is:

Properties prop = new Properties();
prop.load(new FileInputStream("config.properties"));
_url = prop.getProperty("url");

Through this code i am getting the correct value of the Url .

After this i have created an executable jar of my project .When i tried to execute the jar using command line then i got a FileNotFoundException ,means the jar is not able to locate the .properties file.

I have kept the .properties file in the same folder as of Jar file as we have the provision of editing the .properties file.

Since i started working in Java for only 4 days ,i am unable to figure out about where to place the .properties file and how to access it.

Please help.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 742

Answers (2)

Nikolay Kuznetsov
Nikolay Kuznetsov

Reputation: 9579

For jar try to use:

prop.load(getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("config.properties"));

if you call from static context use:

prop.load(YourClassName.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("config.properties"));

Upvotes: 1

Tom
Tom

Reputation: 44881

You need to ask the class loader to get a resource. See http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/ClassLoader.html

Properties prop = new Properties();
prop.load(classLoader.getResourceAsStream("config.properties"));
_url = prop.getProperty("url");

Upvotes: 0

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