Relative Path setting in JAVA

Question

I am trying to access config.xml file from my JAVA program. But its showing me "File Not Found". Here is my project structure. I am using eclipse.

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So now I want to read "conf/config-file.xml". How should I do that?
Note:

I cannot change project structure.
'conf' and 'bin' they ain't under '/root'.They are under just one common project directory.

Please help Thank you!!

Try get the path of your jar file, maybe [this post][1] will be helpful. [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/320542/how-to-get-the-path-of-a-running-jar-file — Maxi Baez, Jun 21 '13 at 01:49

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 21 '13 at 05:00

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Using "user.dir" property of Java System Variable, you can access your file.

System.getProperty("user.dir") + File.separator + "conf" + File.separator +  "config-file.xml"

answered Jun 21 '13 at 05:00

Sunil Gulabani

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thanks.. this works. but I have to change my Eclipse my default setup location. – suraj_fale Jun 22 '13 at 22:14

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 21 '13 at 02:05

If you start the java program from Eclipse, the default work directory (current directory) is the project directory like "C:\workspace\myproject"(or /workspace/myproject on Linux). To open the conf/config-file.xml, the following codes should work.

File configFile = new File("conf/config-file.xml");
System.out.println(configFile.getAbsolutePath()); // Just for testing

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 21 '13 at 01:41

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not sure but try this>> ../conf/config-file.xml

answered Jun 21 '13 at 01:41

gjman2

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Relative Path setting in JAVA

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