Loading Properties from a JAR file (java 1.6)

Question

I manually inject a properties file inside a jar. How to load properties from a jar file before java 1.7 ? I tried many workarounds and nothing worked so far.

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Answer 1

From some class, call:

getClass().getResourceAsStream("/path/to/props.props")

Make sure that the path matches up with a classpath location.