Properties file location
saprophagist opened this issue · 3 comments
Describe the bug
If developing out of maven and project structure is not "/src/main/resources/.." properties file can't be found. Also can't set path manually.
To Reproduce
Develop a simple application with Netbeans (Ant build) and try to run.
Expected behavior
Load properties as defined in properties file.
Environment:
- OS: Windows 10
- JDK OpenJDK 11.0.2
- Version 1.3.1
Additional context
Project structure:
- project root
|- resources (x/y/z/abc.properties)
| - src (...)
| - test
(etc.)
- resources (x/y/z/abc.properties)
Hi @saprophagist,
thanks for opening this issue.
I think it may be useful if the user specifies with a custom Java property the path of the property file.
E.g. users run the application like java -Dpsw4jPropertiesPath=x/y/z/abc.properties ...
You can now set your property file with -Dpsw4j.configuration=/my/path
@saprophagist You can also set that property dynamically in your code (so your users don't have to use the command-line argument) like this (make sure to replace MyCoolApp
with your actual class name):
String configurationFileName = Objects.requireNonNull(MyCoolApp.class.getResource("psw4j.properties")).getFile();
File configurationFile = new File(configurationFileName);
System.setProperty("psw4j.configuration", configurationFile.getAbsolutePath());
This does the exact same as declaring the property via the command line. (See the PropertyReader for more info.)
@firaja I strongly suggest to add this piece of information to the project's wiki.