Annoying properties file

[James Hewitt]

Has anyone got an example of code which extracts a string from a properties file (i.e. a terxt file which contains pairs of values) and prints it out?
I'm having trouble getting such a servlet working.
thanks
James

[Anoop Krishnan]

Hai James Hewitt,
I hope you are using java.util.Properties.I think you have problems with the path in which your Property file is situated.Try it by giving the complete path of the file when you are loading the property file

[James Hewitt]

Nope, that doesn't seem to fix it. I reckon I'm making a really simple mistake, it's just not obvious to me. Just need to see a simple implementation in a piece of sample code, and I'm sure it'll all be clear.

[Anoop Krishnan]

Hai James,
See this code and try this
import java.util.Properties;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
public class PropertyExample
{
Properties simpleProperties;
public PropertyExample() throws Exception
{
FileInputStream myFile=new FileInputStream("/home/james/project/files/Info.properties");
simpleProperties=new Properties();
simpleProperties.load(myFile);
}
public String getProperty(String key)
{
return simpleProperties.getProperty(key);
}
}

[James Hewitt]

Much better.
Thanks,
James

[rajesh katti]

Hi James,
Just try this....I had probs with properties file..so I tried this with "ResourceBundle" object from util. It is similar to the properties file..Just 1 line of code..
A) Servlet
import java.util.*;
ResourceBundle messages =
ResourceBundle.getBundle("Global_file");
fname = messages.getString("fname");
B)Global_file.properties file
fname = Rajesh
lname = Katti
If u face any probs..do let me know.

Rajesh