Hi Ashish, Seems ok except maybe you forgot to set url to ClassLoader.getSystemResource("approval.properties").
Also, googling gave me this link which you may find useful: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/resources/resources.html Regards, Geeta Ashish Kulkarni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/17/2005 10:48:13 AM: > Hi > is there a problem if i do some thing like below > > URL url = null; > url = > this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("approvals.properties"); > if(url== null) > { > > ClassLoader.getSystemResource("approvals.properties"); > } > > > Ashish