Accessing files from Servlets or Classes

[vc?!]

I have the following code in one of my java files.

public class DBHelper {

static{
try {
Properties props = PropertyReader.getProps("\dbpool.properties");
conMgr =
} catch(Exception e ) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

I get an exception saying that it could not locate the dbpool.properties file. I have placed this file in the myapp.war folder. So i think \dbpool.properties should get it.

How do I access files like these from my utility classes like these. Note that this method most likely gets invoked from a jsp or servlet.

Thanks in advance

[vc?!]

The actual code which tries to load the properties file is:

InputStream in = ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream("dbpool.properties");
Properties props = new Properties();
props.load( new BufferedInputStream( in ) );
return props

[aalmero]

why don't you just use a jca config(dbname-ds.xml) appropriate for your db and add pooling properties there instead of using a separate config file.

<JBOSS_HOME>\docs\examples\jca


aalmero