Unable to load .properties file

[monocongo]

I have a JBoss application which is deployed in its own directory, for example JBOSS_HOME/server/myapp/deploy/myapp.sar. In this directory is a myapp.properties file. I have been unsuccessful at loading the Properties contained in this file, and I can't figure out why. First I tried a simple load using a FileInputStream, for example:

String propertiesFileName = "myapp.properties";
Properties myProperties;
myProperties.load(new FileInputStream(propertiesFileName));

I have also tried the following:

String propertiesFileName = "myapp.properties";
Properties myProperties;
InputStream inputStream = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(propertiesFileName);
myProperties.load(inputStream );

The first example resulted in a FileNotFoundException, and the second results in a NullPointerException.

In the run.sh I use to start JBoss I have made sure that the application's directory is in the $JBOSS_CLASSPATH, in order to make the myapp.properties file easy to locate.

I am using JBoss 4.0.1.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions as to how I might make this work.


--James

[fbiaggi]

Hi,
try:
PropertyResourceBundle prs = new PropertyResourceBundle( Thread.currentThread( ).getContextClassLoader( ).getResourceAsStream( "my.properties" ) );

or add a / on the file name if it is on the files system (bin directory).

[monocongo]

Thanks so much, getting a PropertyResourceBundle as you describe works well. The initial slash in front of my properties file name didn't help. It seems that loading Properties isn't as straight-forward as it should/could be with JBoss. Can it even be done at all ? If so can someone post the code or the configuration required ?


--James

[fbiaggi]

Hi,
try this (file in /jboss/bin/):

ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
InputStream is = loader.getResourceAsStream("my.properties");

or:

java.net.URL url =
ClassLoader.getSystemResource("my.properties");
myProps = new java.util.Properties();
myProps.load(url.openStream());