read a local properties file

[gan.gary]

Hi all, I have a JBoss+Hbernate app. I need a configurable file. Can i keep it in "jboss-service.xml" or a new properties file? But eventually my hibernate is going to package into an *.jar file. How are user going to configure?

[peterj]

Here is one possible way of doing this.

Place the properties (or data) file into server/xxx/data. (I placed mine in a subdirectory such as server/xxx/data/mystuff)

In your program, use the jboss.server.data.dir property to get the path for the data directory, and use that to access the properties file. For example:

String dataDir = System.getProperty("jboss.server.data.dir");
Properties prop = Properties.load(new FileInputStream(dataDir + "/mystuff/my.properties"));

[gan.gary]

great, thanks!