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CSLearner
CSLearner

Reputation: 121

Where to put a properties file in Java?

I tried to read a .properties file in Java and have the following code:

public final class Config  {
    static {
        Properties properties = new Properties();
        InputStream propertiesStream = Object.class.getResourceAsStream("config.properties");

        if (propertiesStream != null) {
            try {
                properties.load(propertiesStream);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        } else {
            System.out.println("file not found");
        }
    }
}

But it keeps saying file not found.

The content of properties is

pwd=passw0rd

Anyone knows how to solve this problem?

Upvotes: 12

Views: 29800

Answers (4)

Gowthami Reddy
Gowthami Reddy

Reputation: 430

You can have two choices of selecting the path,

  1. Open the file containing folder and get the path and save that path in the string with file like,

    InputStream propertiesStream = Object.class.getResourceAsStream(path + File.seperator + "config.properties");

  2. Save the file in src path,

    WorkSpace -> Project Name -> Copyhere

Upvotes: -1

krishnakumarp
krishnakumarp

Reputation: 9295

You could also keep config.properties in the same folder as Config.java. 

//InputStream propertiesStream = Object.class.getResourceAsStream("config.properties");
InputStream propertiesStream   = Config.class.getResourceAsStream("config.properties");

Upvotes: -1

Mitaksh Gupta
Mitaksh Gupta

Reputation: 1029

it should be in WebContent/Web-Inf/ folder

and in you xml file define the bean like this : 

<bean id="propertyConfigurer" class="com.your.project.util.properties.ApplicationProperties">
    <property name="locations">
        <list>
            <value>/WEB-INF/application.properties</value>
        </list>
    </property>
</bean>

Upvotes: 0

Jigar Joshi
Jigar Joshi

Reputation: 240976

It should be in classpath, put it to your root source package, if its a maven project put it to src/main/resources directory

Upvotes: 23

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