classpath problem

[samit700]

Hi,

I have an " application properties " that I use in my actions and classes. I place this file in WEB-INF/classes directory which is supposed to be in the classpath of the web application. But I am getting "File not found" exception when I try to read the file using:
File f = new File("portal.properties");

Any suggestions ?

thanks, Samit

 

[byam]

You cannot just load a file in your class path like this. You use can either user absoulte path like:

File f = new File("c:/project/test/classes/mypackage/portal.properties");

or use relative path to your current directory.
File f = new File("../../classes/mypackage/portal.properties");

If this is a properties file, and the file is within you class path, you can then use java.util.ResourceBundle to load it using the classpath way. example:

ResourceBundle rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle("mypackage.portal");
String yourValue = rb.getString("your.value");