Cannot read properties file with web app (Maven web app with JSF)

Question

I have a properties file: hibernate.properties inside default package. I am trying to read it from a class inside another package: com.somepackage.SomeClass.

In a normal desktop application, the following input stream is working:

InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/hibernate.properties");

But with my web app (A maven web application created using Netbeans with JSF 2.2 as dependency)

I tried these alternatives:

Using class:

getClass().getResourceAsStream("/hibernate.properties");

Using external context:

FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getResourceAsStream("/hibernate.properties");

Using context class loader:

Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("/hibernate.properties");

Each of these return null. How do I read the properties file inside the default package?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 05 '13 at 13:42

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I assume you are looking on the wrong location for the file. hibernate.properties is usually not saved in the root of the deployment. Open your .war file and look up the location of hibernate.properties. If you have your application deployed to localhost:8080/app1 you need to call /app1/ to access the contents of your deployment.

answered Dec 05 '13 at 13:42

Lukas Eichler

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Ok. oddly when I created hibernate.cfg.xml from Netbeans wizard, it showed up inside: "Other sources (src/main/resources)". I had assumed it would be insde: . Let me put all the resources into src/main/resources – coolscitist Dec 05 '13 at 13:48
Just open your .war with for example winrar and take a look where it really is. – Lukas Eichler Dec 05 '13 at 13:54
I myself created hibernate.properties file. – coolscitist Dec 05 '13 at 13:59
My Point is that you need to look how your .war is created. Just the location in the .war matters – Lukas Eichler Dec 05 '13 at 14:01

Cannot read properties file with web app (Maven web app with JSF)

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