Load properties file in a java servlet deployed in JBoss as a war

Question

I have a servlet deployed as a war in JBoss 4.0.2. I have a properties file for the deployed application. Where should I put this file? Under the conf directory in the jbo

Answer 1

Just get hold of the servletContext and then

InputStream stream = getServletContext().getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/log4j.properties");
Properties props = new Properties();
props.load(stream);

This will always work, regardless of whether you deploy a war or exploded war.