Hi

I have to load some Properties file.
Those are packaged in my ear.
Properties take only fileinputstream to load a file. So I have to keep my properties file out side the ear.
Can anybody help me, how to load the properties file from packaged ear

Thanks,
vivek

Maybe something like this:

try
{
java.net.URL url = this.getClass().getResource("/some-resource.properties");

java.io.FileInputStream pin = new java.io.FileInputStream(url.getFile());

java.util.Properties props = new java.util.Properties();

props.load(pin);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
ex.printStackTrace();
}

Sincerely,

Artem D. Yegorov
http://www.activexml.org

You could also use the java.lang.ClassLoader method getResourceAsStream()...

 ClassLoader cl = this.getClass().getClassLoader();
 InputStream is = cl.getResourceAsStream(<some location>);
 Properties props = new Properties();
 try
 {
    props.load(is);
 }...

However, the root location for the target properties file will be different depending on what type of container you're executing in when the properties are to be loaded...

Executing within a Servlet, the Web Module's classloader targets a root location of <content-root> of the WAR file. So the virtual path within the WAR could be "/WEB-INF".

...getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/propfile.props");

Executing with an EJB container, the EJB Module's classloader targets that module's virtual root. So you could create a package (e.g. com.serverside.properties) and place your properties file in it, then use...

...getResourceAsStream("/com/serverside/properties/propfile.props");

Property files packaged directly in the EAR (not within a module that the EAR contains) can be loaded using the getBundle() method of java.lang.ResourceBundle. There's a good description of this in the JDK Javadoc.

Hope this helps!