External properties file with Weblogic

Question

I\'m looking for the best way to use an external properties file with an application that is going to be deployed on Weblogic 10.3 server. I read a number of articles on the

Answer 1

You can set a directory on the classpath and Place your custom properties file in that folder/directory. So that, the entire directory along with property file will be on classpath. To set the directory on the classpath in weblogic 10.3.x

• Create a folder in %DOMAIN_HOME%\config\ folder. example appConfig.
• Place your custom property file (Let's say config.properties) in appConfig directory/folder.

• Modify the setDomainEnv.cmd (Windows) to include appConfig in the classpath by setting %DOMAIN_HOME%\config\appConfig as value to EXT_POST_CLASSPATH(this variable is already defined in the setDomainEnv.cmd file) variable as below:

  set EXT_POST_CLASSPATH=%EXT_POST_CLASSPATH%;%DOMAIN_HOME%\config\appConfig
  

You can access that file in you java code as below:

    InputStream inputStream = Thread.currentThread ().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream ("config.properties");
    Properties prop = new Properties();
    prop.load(inputStream);
    String value = prop.getProperty("key");

Hope this helps.