Re: positioning files for use from both IDEs and JARs

I believe our application does what you want.  Here is the code involved:

public class Utility {
   ...
   private static Properties labProperties;

   public static Properties getLabProperties(){
     if(labProperties == null) {
          labProperties = new Properties();
         try {
            InputStream is = new FileInputStream("lab.properties");
           labProperties.load(is);
           is.close();
         } catch (Exception ex) {return labProperties;}
     }
     return labProperties;
   }
   ...
}

In Eclipse we keep the lab.properties file in the project's root 
directory (where also live src/, bin/, .classpath, and .project).  When 
we make a jar of the stuff in bin/, then we deploy that jar and the 
lab.properties file into the same directory, and the application finds 
it in both cases

  ... unless I am missing something.  I can confirm this on Monday 
morning if this doesn't work for you.

Rich Hammer


Thomas L Roche wrote:
> I'm wondering how to position a file (either a .properties or a
> preferences XML) in filespace so as to satisfy all the following
> requirements: it can be