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I have the problem running executable .jar file. I've created a project which contains a .properties file. It works just fine when I start it from eclipse, but when I export it to executable .jar file and try to run it with:

java -jar myfile.jar

I get the following exception:

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I've checked my manifest file in the .jar and it contains the 

Class-Path: .

And here's the properties file loading:

properties = new Properties();
    properties.load(new FileInputStream(
            "src/com/resources/treeView.properties"));

Any idea what causes this exception?

tenorsax
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Ivo
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    try "properties = new Properties(); properties.load(new FileInputStream( "/com/resources/treeView.properties"));" without "src" in path. – happy Jun 23 '12 at 13:48

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If the properties file is inside the jar file, you cannot access it as a file.

You need to ask the classloader to get the resource as an inputstream. See Getting the inputstream from a classpath resource (XML file)

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Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
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  • Thanks! That worked! properties.load(ClassLoader.class.getResourceAsStream("/com/resources/treeView.properties")); – Ivo Jun 24 '12 at 08:40
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In Eclipse (and in most IDEs) the current directory is the project's root directory. This means that Class-Path: . means something else in Eclipse than when you run it from the command line. This is why you wrote "src/com/...". Remove "src":

properties.load(new FileInputStream("com/resources/treeView.properties"));
Radu Murzea
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Your properties file is within JAR file. So, use : ClassLoader.getResourceAsStream().

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