tomcat - read external properties file from jar

[Quiddo Quitch]

I created a jar (myjar.jar) file that I placed in the lib directory of my webapp. The jar file I created needs to read from a properties file that is in a different directory. When I try to specify the path to this properties file I am getting an exception.

The code I am using

this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("env.properties")

Dir structure below

mywebapp
+
+----META-INF
+
+----themes
+
+----WEB-INF
        +
        +----classes
        +     +
        +     +----env.properties       
        +
        +----jsp
        +
        +----lib
              +
              +----myJar.jar

How can I specify the correct path?

[Rob Spoor]

What exception are you getting?