Relative path to .properties file.

gistfile1.java

package com.timezone.jdbc;

import org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource;

import javax.sql.DataSource;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * Created by Bruno on 5/6/2014.
 */
public class DBCPDataSourceFactory {
    public static DataSource getDataSource() {
        Properties props = new Properties();
        FileInputStream fis = null;
        BasicDataSource ds = new BasicDataSource();

        try {
//            getClass().getResource("resources/db.properties").getPath();
            fis = new FileInputStream("src/main/resources/db.properties");
            props.load(fis);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        }

        ds.setDriverClassName(props.getProperty("MYSQL_DB_DRIVER_CLASS"));
        ds.setUrl(props.getProperty("MYSQL_DB_URL"));
        ds.setUsername(props.getProperty("MYSQL_DB_USERNAME"));
        ds.setPassword(props.getProperty("MYSQL_DB_PASSWORD"));

        return ds;
    }

}