you can also retrieve it using the line:

getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("chatProps.txt") if you put
it here:


> >     tomcat
>  >         |
>  >    webapps
>  >         |
>  >      chat                     (chatProp.txt goes in here(at the
moment))
>  >         |
>  >      Web-inf               (web.xml goes in here)
>  >         |  ----- lib
>  >         |
>  >         |  ----- classes
>  >                         |
>  >                      chatApp (All classes go in here)
                            chatProps.txt