I have to deploy a war file 1.
Created May 7, 2012
Christopher Schultz
You should use the getResourceAsStream technique since the properties file may be inside a JAR or WAR file at some point. Standard FileInputStreams cannot read files out of JAR files, so you will be stuck.
It's always a good idea to use the getResourceAsStream technique since it can read files in a number of different ways: within JAR files, across networks, etc.