I have a file config.properties which I use in order toconfigure the db connection in java but when I run the webapp in tomcat it says that the file doesn't exists because it can't find the file
How can I include this file?
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It needs to be in the classpath. If you want it to be external to your application then you need to explicitly tell your application where to find the config file. – Dave Richardson Sep 27 '16 at 09:39
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@DaveRlz and how can I do this? – Stefano Pisano Sep 27 '16 at 09:44
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You did not say where you placed that file. – Stefan Sep 27 '16 at 10:53
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please add the code which makes use of your config.properties. Also, the location where the file(config.properties) is saved. need a screenshot of the location. – Rohit Gaikwad Sep 27 '16 at 11:01
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Usually, configuration files are put in the WEB-INF/ and from a servlet we get the stream to the file using ServletContext.getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF<folder name>/<file name>"). It is kept in WEB-INF since no file can be accessed from within WEB-INF with browser. This is more or less a standard practice. There is one other option to configure DB connection through DataSource configured into Tomcat.
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The problem with keeping config in WEB-INF is that it isn't flexible and requires rebuilds for config changes, such as when moving from one machine to another. This is not good practice.
Take a look at this answer for how to place you config file elsewhere:
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