Can't find property files on classpath

Question

I'm trying to load/read property files on glassfish 3.1 server. I can't get it to work. I've searched and tried many possible solutions. None worked so far, always NULL as result.

I've tried methods from the following link: How to use a property with Glassfish

My method:

final public class GTS_Properties{

...

   public static Properties getPropertiesFromFile(String fileName){
      URL url = GTS_Properties.class.getResource(fileName)
      ...
      // url is always null
   }
}

My configuration: Folder properties on build path.

/root/WEB-INF/classes/****.properties

How the Glassfish server looks like (using eclipse startup plugin)

/glassfish-root/domain/eclipseApps/MyWebApp/WEB-INF/classes/****.properties

I have tried to put the property files directly in WEB-INF instead of classes. same result.

Answer 1

I solved it by first going 2 'parent folders up' from the startpoint of the relative path. Inserting "../../" on the start of the path was all that was needed.

WEB-INF/classes/WebApp/utils/GTS_Properties.class (The class to get the resource from) WEB-INF/classes/prop.properties (Location of the resource file)

GTS_Properties.class.getResource("../../prop.properties")