Specify a parameter for using files inside a Jar

Question

Say log.properties is in the test.jar . I would like to specify the file parameter using some file inside the jar, is this doable?

-DLog=target/classes/log.properties

Answer 1

Though question is not that clear to me, I will try to answer:

If you have are loading your parameter'd file with:

getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(fileParameter);

then even if your file is inside jar (in classpath) it should work. And you should be able to pass parameter something as -DLog=log.properties , so that it will search all the possible paths in classpath.