Java Utililty Methods ClassLoader Load

String get(final String key, final String filename)
get

Properties props;
try {
 props = load(new File(filename));
} catch (final IOException e) {
 return "getting key " + key + " from file " + filename + " failed " + e;
return (props.getProperty(key));

String getAbsoluteBasePath()
get Absolute Base Path

if (absoluteBasePath == null) {
 if (APPS_JAR_DIRECTORY != null) {
 absoluteBasePath = APPS_JAR_DIRECTORY;
 } else {
 URL url = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource("schemas/common.xsd");
 absoluteBasePath = url.getPath();
 absoluteBasePath = absoluteBasePath.substring(0, absoluteBasePath.length() - 18); 
 absoluteBasePath = absoluteBasePath.replace('\\', '/');
...

String getAbsolutePath(String file)
get Absolute Path

return new File(getImpFolder(), file).getAbsolutePath();

String getAbsolutePathEssenceDesc(String file)
get Absolute Path Essence Desc

return new File(getImpFolderEssenceDesc(), file).getAbsolutePath();

File[] getAllArquillianLibs()
get All Arquillian Libs

URL urlSystemResources = ClassLoader.getSystemResource("");
File dirArquillianLibs = new File(new File(urlSystemResources.getFile()).getParentFile(),
 "arquillian-libs");
return dirArquillianLibs.listFiles();

Properties getAsProperties(final String name)
Load properties from the given name.

Properties props = new Properties();
ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
URL url = classLoader.getResource(name);
if (url != null) {
 try {
 props.loadFromXML(url.openStream());
 } catch (InvalidPropertiesFormatException e) {
 props.load(url.openStream());
...

URL getBaseDir()
Gets the application base directory.

try {
 Class<?> c = (new Object() {
 public String toString() {
 return super.toString();
 }).getClass();
 ClassLoader cl = c.getClassLoader();
 URL url = cl.getResource(".");
...

byte[] getBytes(File file)
Read a file completely and return a byte array containing the data.

return getBytes(file, -1);

InputStream getConfigFileInputStream(String configFilePath)
get Config File Input Stream

if (null == configFilePath) {
 throw new IOException("Could not find config file, name not specified");
HashSet<URL> resources = new HashSet<URL>(findResources(configFilePath));
if (resources.isEmpty()) {
 File configFile = new File(configFilePath);
 if (configFile.exists()) {
 return new FileInputStream(configFile);
...

String getContentFromFile(String fileName, Object context)
get Content From File

File file = getFileFromPath(context, fileName);
FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(file);
String response = convertStreamToString(fin);
fin.close();
return response;