What is the best place to store a configuration file in a Java web application (WAR)?

Question

I create a web application (WAR) and deploy it on Tomcat. In the webapp there is a page with a form where an administrator can enter some configuration data. I don\

Answer 1

Putting it in WEB-INF will hide the XML file from users who try to access it directly through a URL, so yes, I'd say put it in WEB-INF.