Veclocity 1.4 - app_example1 -- not running

[Anagha <an...@gmail.com>]

Hi,
I'm newbie to Velocity.
I'm trting "app_exaple1/Example.java" from the examples directory.
When I executed the Example.java, it gave exception of "
java.io.FileNotFoundException: velocity.properties (No such file or
directory)"
for "velocity.properties" though the folder was in the classpath.

Then I substitued the absolute path of the file which gave the NullPointer
Exception.

java.lang.NullPointerException
    at java.io.Reader.<init>(Reader.java:61)
    at java.io.InputStreamReader.<init>(InputStreamReader.java:55)
    at org.apache.commons.collections.ExtendedProperties.load(
ExtendedProperties.java:459)
    at org.apache.commons.collections.ExtendedProperties.load(
ExtendedProperties.java:429)
    at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.setDefaultProperties(
RuntimeInstance.java:318)
    at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.initializeProperties(
RuntimeInstance.java:443)
    at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.init(RuntimeInstance.java
:225)
    at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.init(RuntimeInstance.java
:474)
    at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeSingleton.init(
RuntimeSingleton.java:220)
    at org.apache.velocity.app.Velocity.init(Velocity.java:93)
    at Example.<init>(Example.java:50)
    at Example.main(Example.java:129)
java.lang.NullPointerException

It seems the problem is related to the path of the "velocity.properties".
Any help is appreciated.
--
Thanks & Regards,
Anagha