How do I read a properties file in WEB-INF?

[frocco]

Hello,

How do I read a properties file in WEB-INF without hard-coding a path?

I tried:
Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.load(new FileInputStream("db.properties"));
driver = properties.getProperty("driver");

but it cannot find the db.properties file.

Thanks for the help.

Frank

[camel]

From your servlet, call getServletContext().getResource(), or getResourceAsStream(), or even getResourcePaths(). To get something from WEB-INF the call would be

getServletContext().getResource("/WEB-INF/db.properties");

The leading slash is important, I believe.

Also see this article: http://java.sun.com/developer/EJTechTips/2003/tt0626.html#1

[frocco]

camel, thanks for the help.

I'll try it today at work.

Regards,

Frank