Accessing properties files at ${jboss.server.home.dir}/conf

[jej2003]

I am trying to access a properties value at ${jboss.server.home.dir}/conf. My current application has an entry that points to this properties file and it works if I hard code the path (say c\:/jboss-4.0.3sp1/server/default/conf/propertiesfile), but I can't seem to get it to work with a relative path and I can't seem to get it to work with ${jboss.server.home.dir}. Is it safe to assume that ${jboss.server.home.dir} doesn't get expanded in proeprties files? And what is the path of my application once it's deployed?

[jaikiran]

How are you using the ${jboss.server.home.dir}? It wont be replaced by the server if it is in your application's property file. You can however, get the value of jboss.server.home.dir, in your application as follows:

String homeDir = System.getProperty("jboss.server.home.dir");

[jej2003]

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.