Java properties utility

Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:17 pm

This class show you how to load properties from class path or from file system.

Code:: import java.util.Properties; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.net.URL; public class PropertiesUtility { private PropertiesUtility() { } /** * Get the property from the class-path . * @param propsName * The property name to which we get the value from . * @return Properties * The properties loaded . * @throws Exception * Any exception thrown , you will need to catch it . */ public static Properties load(String propsName) throws Exception { Properties props = new Properties(); URL url = ClassLoader.getSystemResource(propsName); props.load(url.openStream()); return props; } /** * Load all the Properties File * @param propsFile * PropsFile which * @return Properties * return the properties loaded from the file . * @throws IOException * Any IOException thrown , you will need to catch it. */ public static Properties load(File propsFile) throws IOException { Properties props = new Properties(); FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(propsFile); props.load(fis); fis.close(); return props; } }