Writing to a properties file does not work

Question

I want to write into a *.properties file. Thats my code how I do this:

    properties = loadProperties("user.properties");//loads the properties file
    properties.setProperty(username, password);
        try {
                properties.store(new FileOutputStream("user.properties"), null);
                System.out.println("Wrote to propteries file!" + username + " " + password);

I do not get an exception, but I also do not get the output written into the file.

Here is also my file-structure:

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I appreciate your answer!!!

UPDATE

I load my properties file with:

    InputStream in = ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream(filename);

My question is, how to load it from a specific path?

Here is my "new" File Structure:

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I have tested your code and my properties file is created in my working directory. Of course, with your file structure that is wrong. I guess that you must use a path to your file instead of just using the file name — ElderMael, Nov 10 '12 at 13:49
when I use the path like \\user.properties I get "You have no rights to access the file..." — maximus, Nov 10 '12 at 13:51

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

Here is my testing code:

@Test
public void fileTest() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {

    File file = null;

    Properties props = new Properties();

    props.setProperty("Hello", "World");

    URL url = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
            .getResource("exceptions/user.properties");

    try {
        file = new File(url.toURI().getPath());

        assertTrue(file.exists());
    } catch (URISyntaxException e) {

        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    props.store(new FileOutputStream(file), "OMG, It werks!");

}

It does creates and rewrites a file in my target/classes/exceptions directory (in a maven/eclipse proyect) so I guess it really works, but of course that is not tested in a JAR file.

Here is the file:

#OMG, It werks!
#Sat Nov 10 08:32:44 CST 2012
Hello=World

Also, check this question: How can i save a file to the class path

So maybe what you want to do never will work.

I am printint he URL for checking and it is giving me as :/C:/Users/IBM_ADMIN/workspace/A_Migration_final/bin/common/props_1.dat but the correct URL is C:\Users\IBM_ADMIN\workspace\A_Migration_final\src\common\props.dat It's writing in the bin file, do you think it would give the correct values when queried ? — The_Lost_Avatar, Oct 13 '13 at 19:12

Writing to a properties file does not work

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