Re: Locating an INI file

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From: Mio Nino Marquez
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 06:19

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"Torsten Welches" <torsten.welches@who.cares.netcologne.de> wrote in message
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> Java has no consistent notion about an "application path", but
> System.getProperty("user.dir"); returns the user directory. You
> could store your files there. You could also set an application property
with a -D VM parameter. And finally you could get your
> file using the main class' classloader with something like
> mainClassInstance.class.getResourceAsStream("foo.ini");
>
> BTW - ini files are a Windows-only concept, the Java equivalent
> are property files:
> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/attributes/index.html
>

To be honest, it isn't an INI file actually, but a file ending with
properties. I've dabbled with PropertyResourceBundle etc. but I couldn't
seem to get it to work. <g>

Thanks for your response. I'll try the user.dir stuff. :)

Mio Nino Marquez

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