I'd recommend putting it anywhere below the web application directory (the
one under which WEB-INF is located) and using
servletContext.getResourceAsStream(), e.g.
getResourceAsStream("/myfile.properties") if you put it into the wepapp root
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Pletka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Orion-Interest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 7:36 PM
Subject: Where to put bean property files
> I have a bean that I'm trying to use in a jsp page that requires a
> .properties file to initialize itself. It looks for the properties file
in
> the current directory (new FileInputStream("fileName.properties")). I've
> tried putting the file in the lib directory, the WEB-INF directory, the
> META-INF directory, in the same directory as the .jsp file and even in the
> jar file of the bean, but I always get "FileNotFound" exceptions. Where
is
> the proper place to put configuration files?
>
