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Loading a properties file in a java web app

March 31st, 2009 No Comments

You’ll often want to configure parameters in a properties file and read this into a class.
config.properties:
value.a=orange
value.b=apple
If you’re simply loading a file in a java program you can use:
Properties props = new Properties();
props.load(new FileInputStream(“config.properties”));
String value = props.getProperty(“value.a”);
But when loading a property file in a web application you should package the file in your deployed archive and [...]

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