How to get properties file from WEB-INF folder in jsf?

Question

I have some properties file in WEB-INF. And I want to load it as a bundle. Is there any way to do that?

Answer 1

Put it in WEB-INF/classes. That is part of the classpath.

Answer 2

Use either ExternalContext#getResource() or ExternalContext#getResourceAsStream() wherein you pass the context-relative URL/path.

E.g.:

properties.load(externalContext.getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/file.properties"));