java.io.FileNotFoundException - Can't read my properties file - eclipse

Question

Eclipse/Linux - Java Web Application.
I added a file named dao.properties to my project. I put it in a package : com.cdp.dao . My class which uses this file is in the same package.
When I try to load it I have a
java.io.FileNotFoundException
/myproject/src/com/cdp/dao/dao.properties (No such file or directory) OR
dao.properties (No such file or directory)
This my code :
Properties prop;
FileInputStream fis;
File file = new File("/myproject/src/com/cdp/dao/dao.properties");
//File file = new File("dao.properties"); doesn't work either
try {
prop = new Properties();
fis = new FileInputStream(file);
prop.load(fis);
dbUrl = prop.getProperty("dbUrl");
user = prop.getProperty("user");
pwd = prop.getProperty("pwd");
driver = prop.getProperty("driver");
fis.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

Answer 1

Use
this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("dao.properties");
to load the properties file

Answer 2

From Class, the path is relative to the package of the class unless
you include a leading slash, so if you don't want to use the current package,
include a slash like this:
InputStream in = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/dir/SomeTextFile.txt");
but if you need to use classpath use just filename like below
InputStream in = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("dao.properties");