FileNotFoundException when using java properties file

I asked this question after doing a lot of research, and implemented it in my code after research, but I finally got FileNotFoundException What I'm doing here is that I want to avoid hard coding in my java code, so I create a property file called constants Properties and call it in my java code. But it said it couldn't find the file My properties file is located in the SRC folder of the project The following is a code snippet Any suggestions?

Properties file:

executable.run = C:\\server\\lrd.exe
incoming.file = C:\\file\\test.ic
executable.params1 = -z
executable.params2 = -a[+]
log.file = C:\\TESTFile\\test.txt

Java code: This is a class file with property file details

public class PropInfo {
    static private PropInfo _instance =  null;
    public String executable =  null;
    public String filein = null;
    public String params1 = null; 
    public String params2 = null; 
    public String log = null; 

    protected PropInfo(){
        try{
            InputStream file = new FileInputStream(new File("Constants.properties"));
            Properties props = new Properties();
            props.load(file);
            executable = props.getProperty("executable.run");
            filein = props.getProperty("incomin.file");
            params1 = props.getProperty("executable.params1");
            params2 = props.getProperty("executable.params2");
            log = props.getProperty("log.file");
        } 
        catch(Exception e){
            System.out.println("error" + e);
        }    
    }

    static public PropInfo instance(){
        if(_instance == null){
            _instance = new PropInfo();
        }
        return _instance;
    }
}

Main category:

try{
    PropInfo propinfo = PropInfo.instance();
    String connString = propinfo.executable + " " + propinfo.params1 + " " + 
            propinfo.filein + " " + propinfo.params2 + " " + " " + propinfo.log ;

    Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
    // Process pr = rt.exec 
    // (PropInfo.executable+" "+PropInfo.params1+" "+PropInfo.filein+" "
    //+PropInfo.params2+" "+PropInfo.log);
    Process pr = rt.exec(connString);

    BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader (pr.getInputStream()));

    String line=null;
    StringBuffer start= new StringBuffer();
    while((line=input.readLine()) != null) {
        start.append("Started" + line + "\n");
        System.out.println(line);
    }

    // System.out.println("browse");

}
catch (Throwable t)  
{  
    t.printStackTrace();  
}  
finally 
{  
}

This exception is given:

errorjava.io.FileNotFoundException: Constants.properties (The system cannot find the  
file specified)
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "null": CreateProcess error=2,The system  
cannot find the file specified
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1042)
at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:615)
at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:448)
at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:345)
at com.emc.clp.license.StartTest.main(StartTest.java:44)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=2,The system cannot find the 
 file     specified
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method)
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:288)
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:133)
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1023)
... 4 more

Solution

Yes, do not put the properties file in the SRC folder Put it where you started the JVM (or provide an absolute path) In addition, I really suggest getting rid of forward slashes in pathnames

Update: add this item to find where to place the file:

System.out.println(new File(".").getAbsolutePath());