What is the best practice for reading config file(s) for your application. Which folders in tomcat server are "on the classpath".

I tried placing my config file in the TOMCAT_HOME\conf but still I can't read it from my servlet.

Tried using this (there is app.properties file in conf):

this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("/app.properties");

I don't have much properties maybe 10-15 I figured this won't be problem. I remember when I was using jboss this wasn't issue as this much.

In my app I also specify DB connection spring in the context.xml can I specify my properties in there as well somehow? Or how this works with tomcat?

I'd like to keep my properties seperate from my war/unpacked war.

Update

Reason for asking this is because I don't know where my app will be deployed (at what location)

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