title: Eclipse FileInputStream with local development and remote file
body: <p>I'm developing a java web app on my local PC that uses a file on the deployment server.   I have to do something like this to get it to work both locally during development and on the server when deployed.  Is this standard practice?  Or is there a way in Eclipse using linked folders and files to specify the file the same as it is referenced on the server?</p>
  
  <pre><code>InputStream in = null;
  try {
     in = new FileInputStream("/EBWEB/www/homepages/path/to/file/STKCore.properties");
  } catch (java.io.FileNotFoundException ex) {
              in = new FileInputStream("W:/internal/www/homepages/path/to/file/STKCore.properties");
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>W: is how I have the remote server mapped using Samba in Windows XP on my PC.</p>