problem loading .properties file in java

Question

I am having problem while loading .properties file. The following works:

private static Properties props = new Properties();
 ................
 .......................
 configurationProps.load(Test.class.getResourceAsStream("test.properties"));

But this;

private static Properties props = new Properties();
 ................
 .......................
 configurationProps.load(Test.class.getResourceAsStream("C:\\someFilder\\test.properties"));

gives the following error.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
 at java.util.Properties.load(Properties.java:267)
 at Test.init(Test.java:24)
 at Test.main(Test.java:16)

I am wondering why its not taking full path. Any suggestion is highly appreciated.

Mark Peters · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-05 19:35:31Z

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Try

configurationProps.load(new FileInputStream("C:\\..."));

Using getResourceAsStream delegates to the ClassLoader and thus typically only works relative to the classpath. The rules for where it searches are given in the Javadoc for getResource()

answered Oct 5, 2010 at 19:35

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Dennis Meng · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-07 22:27:35Z

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private static Properties props = new Properties();
 ................
 .......................
 configurationProps.load(Test.class.getResourceAsStream("../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../C:\\someFilder\\test.properties"));

edited Nov 7, 2013 at 22:27

Dennis Meng

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answered Nov 7, 2013 at 22:08

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