properties file for JDBC
javabase.jdbc.url = jdbc:mysql://200.230.71.12:3306/social
javabase.jdbc.driver = com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
javabase.jdbc.username = cepein
javabase.jdbc.password = 1234cinco

# starting with file:
shared.loader= /home/shaunkoo/NetBeansProjects/dao.properties

private static final String PROPERTIES_FILE = "/NetBeansProjects/dao.properties";
private static final Properties PROPERTIES = new Properties();

static {
    ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
    InputStream propertiesFile = classLoader.getResourceAsStream(PROPERTIES_FILE);

# starting with file:
shared.loader= /home/shaunkoo/NetBeansProjects/dao.properties

shared.loader= /home/shaunkoo/NetBeansProjects

private static final String PROPERTIES_FILE = "/NetBeansProjects/dao.properties";

private static final String PROPERTIES_FILE = "dao.properties";

public static DAOFactory getInstance(String name) throws DAOConfigurationException {
    if (name == null) {
        throw new DAOConfigurationException("Database name is null.");
    }

    DAOProperties properties = new DAOProperties(name);
    String url = properties.getProperty(PROPERTY_URL, true);

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at mydao.DAOFactory.getInstance(DAOFactory.java:82)
at mydao.DAOTest.main(DAOTest.java:45)
   Caused by: mydao.DAOConfigurationException: Properties file 'dao.properties'    is        missing in classpath.
at mydao.DAOProperties.<clinit>(DAOProperties.java:28)
... 2 more
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