Accessing resources from Java Class

Here is a simple code snippet that can be used to get properties file from a java program.

Properties config = new Properties(); 
try { 
    config.load(new FileInputStream(new File(URLDecoder.decode(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(CONFIG_FILE_NAME).getFile(), "UTF-8")))); 
} catch (Exception e1) { 
    e1.printStackTrace(); 
    throw new RuntimeException(e1); 
} 

This, snippet has never let me down till now in getting a properties file.