How to set the location of the property file in the class path

[Sat Nar]

Hi,
i need to read a property file.If i give the full path say "c:\example\test.properties" its working fine.But in the code i need to only mention the property file name and set the path of this property file in the class path.

say

Properties prop = new Properties(new FileInputStream("test.properties");

and the location c:\example should not be specified here.It should be automatically detected.I tried setting this in the classpath but still it cannot recognise the file location.Kindly help me out.

[Sunil Kumar Gupta]

check this

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javaqa/2003-08/01-qa-0808-property.html