I'm developing a web application(this is my first time) and pretty confused about using property files. I don't know where to put the property files.
The problem is that i have put it under the WEB_INF folder. And when i test run it as a Java Application to check whether Database connections are working according to the properties in the property file it is working without any problem.
But when i run it in a Server as a Web Application it fails to load the properties file saying it could not find the file in the path specified. I tried using every possible path i could give and changing the file directories within the whole project. But I kept getting the same error.
Then i changed my class again from scratch thinking there's some kind of a bug withing my code where i load the properties file. And it seems that it could not find the file either when deployed as a Web App. But my test application works fine. Where do i put this file and how do i use it. I have read @BalusC's answer in this thread https://stackoverflow.com/a/2161583/2999358 but i have no idea why this happens. Can someone help me on this?
I'm using Tomcat 8, Eclipse IDE and building on JSF framework.
Class where i load my properties file
public class ConfigCache {
private static final File FILE = new File("./WebContent/WEB-INF/conf/config.properties");
private static final Properties PROPERTIES = new Properties();
public static final String JDBC_DRIVER = ConfigCache.getProperty("db.driverName");
public static final String DATABASE_URL = ConfigCache.getProperty("db.url");
public static final String DATABASE_USERNAME = ConfigCache.getProperty("db.user");
public static final String DATABASE_PASSWORD = ConfigCache.getProperty("db.pass");
public ConfigCache() {
}
public static String getProperty(String key) {
if (PROPERTIES.isEmpty()) {
loadProperties();
}
Object value;
return (value = PROPERTIES.get(key)) == null ? "" : value.toString();
}
private static void loadProperties() {
if (!FILE.exists()) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("The 'config.properties' has not been found.");
}
try {
FileInputStream fis = null;
try {
fis = new FileInputStream(FILE);
PROPERTIES.load(fis);
} finally {
try {
if (fis != null) {
fis.close();
}
} catch (IOException exp) {
System.out.println("IOException @" + ConfigCache.class + " @ loadProperties() : " + exp);
}
}
} catch (Exception exp) {
System.out.println("Exception @" + ConfigCache.class + " @ loadProperties() : " + exp);
}
}
}
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