Here is some sample code for loading a properties file in the META-INF directory of a deployment file.

   public Properties getPropAsResource(String name) throws Exception

   {

      InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/META-INF/" + name);

      if (is == null)

      {

         throw new Exception("Unable to locate resource: " + name);

      }

      Properties confProp = new Properties();

      confProp.load(is);

      return confProp;

   }}}