Reading a Java properties file from JSP.

[Chewie71]

Hi,

I've created a Java properties file in my Zimlet and am trying to read the values from it in JSP. The following code does not work...

    private String GetProperties(String prop){
        Properties props =  new Properties();
        String prop_val = "";
        //try retrieve data from file
        try {
            props.load(new FileInputStream("ldap.properties"));
            prop_val = props.getProperty(prop);
        }
        catch(IOException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return prop_val;
    }

...so I'm assuming that I can't read it with FileInputStream, but will have to read it via a URL Stream like this instead...

<%
URL myURL=application.getResource("/WEB-INF/myfile.properties");
InputStream in = myURL.openStream();
Properties p = new Properties();
p.load( in );
out.println( p.getProperty("servername") );
%>

But I don't know what the URL path to that properties file would be. Also...if it's readable via a URL path by the JSP file....is it then also readable by the URL path in a browser by anyone? ...that would be bad.

I'm trying to abstract a bunch of customizable settings out of the JSP and into a properties file in the Zimlet....just having a little trouble getting it figured out.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Matt