Placement of .properties files

[bvallet]

If I create my own *.properties file, where would I have to place it to be accessible from the individual servlets? I'm running on Websphere 4.0.

Would putting it in the root with the various html files work? What would I need to put for the path? I want to do something like this:

InputStream in = new FileInputStream(filename + ".properties");

Any help would be appreciated. Yes, I'm new to servlets.

 

[meadandale]

This is a perfect case for using the ServletConfig and the init() method to find your file. You declare your property file path as a servlet init parameter in which ever way your app server requires and then in your init() method, you get the parameter with the servlet config:

void init(ServletConfig config)
{
String props_file = config.getInitParameter("props.file"
...
}

Be sure to give the FQ pathname as the init parameter. Alternately, you can store your props file in your servlet context and retrieve the file relative to the context in a similar fashion.

Regards,

Charles

 

[bvallet]

Thanks, I'll try the ServletConfig option and go from there.