Where to creating properties file for reading values in a Web application deployed on Weblogic(Linux)

Question

I have a Web application consisting of JSPs, Servlets and Java classes developed in Jdeveloper in Windows.

This applicaiton need to be deployed as WAR in Weblogic over a linux box. Some of the servlet and Java classes have certain values hardcoded. I want to avoid this but for obvious reasons. Therfore I was thinking of using the properties file.

Now where do i create this properties file in my jdeveloper so that when i create war file of it and and deploy to a Weblogic server, i have access to this Properties file or how should i code it my program so that wherever I put this properties file on my linux like \\u01\\cap\\domain\\machine\\domain_name\\readvalues.properties. t is able to read it.

and then how do i mention the path in linux. Can you please help me with the code

Answer 1

Stick the properties file in your war file and access it like you would any other properties file via:

props.load(MyClass.class.getResourceAsStream("/someProps.properties"));

The best place to put the properties file is in the /WEB-INF/classes folder. So you need to load the properties files relative to that.