Properties file (user settings) inside a jar file

Question

I have a Swing application I want to package as a jar file. I also have a properties file that I store user set properties in.

Can I store this file inside the jar file and will the application automatically write into the jar file?

I want to avoid having two files, the jar and the properties external of it.

Answer 1

You can surely bundle properties file inside of jar , But one problem with that is, it will become kind of read-only. So you will not be able to write anything into it.