I have two files (one .properties and another .json) in my webapps//WEB-INF/classes folder. I need to reference the .json file from the .properties file. As both are in same location, propertyName=File.json should work,but it does not. If I mention the absolute path, it works fine.
Please suggest.
What you should do is read your File.json exactly the same way as your properties file if you don't want to specify the absolute path. If propertyName=File.json :
String jsonFile = props.getProperty("propertyName");
Then you can do the following to have your file as URL object :
URL jsonURL = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(jsonFile);
Or as InputStream
InputStream jsonStream = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(jsonFile);
Depending on what you want to do with it later, once you have your file as InputStream or URL, you can refer to these questions :
