Call Property file from a jar included in my project

Question

I´ve included a jar (I built it: MyJar.jar) that i use to authenticate, in that jar I have to read some properties that I have in a package (e.g com.myproject.properties) inside a property file of my project.

I have a method in MyJar.jar which receive the name of the property and the path for the property file something like this:

public String getValueOfProperty(String property,String pathToPropertyFile){

    BasicTextEncryptor encryptor = new BasicTextEncryptor();
         Properties props = new EncryptableProperties(encryptor);
         props.load(new FileInputStream(pathToPropertyFile));
         ....
}

I got the following error: System can't find the specified path

The path is: com/myproject/properties/conf.properties

What am I doing wrong?

Is the properties file packed within the jar? If so, you will have to load it differently. — user2494817, Oct 24 '14 at 20:33
It is in a package in the project i've included the jar @user2494817 — DuSant, Oct 24 '14 at 20:38
Refer to: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4548699/load-file-within-a-jar — user2494817, Oct 24 '14 at 20:39
It does not have to be within the jar, It is in a package **com.myproject.properties** in a new project where i have included the jar file — DuSant, Oct 24 '14 at 20:43

DuSant · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-27T19:51:46.660

Solved,

This is what i Used:

The path the method receives is something like this: /sv/com/myproject/configuration/file.properties,

This method will search with relative path

 public String decryptVar(String var,String PathPropertyFile) throws Exception{

    try {
         BasicTextEncryptor encryptor = new BasicTextEncryptor();
         Properties props = new EncryptableProperties(encryptor);
         InputStream fis = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(PathPropertyFile);
         props.load(fis);
         encryptor.setPassword(props.getProperty("PROPERTY_IN_FILE")); 
         return props.getProperty(var);

    } catch (Exception e) {
    throw new Exception(e.getMessage());
    }   

}

Implementing: JASYPTH

Call Property file from a jar included in my project

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