How To Get the Properties in the Configuration File

Question

I have a configuration file in the class path. the content of the file rough looks like below:
DISABLE_PASSWORDLESS_AUTH = true
REQUIRE_ACTIVATION = false
ENABLE_RSS = true
ENABLE_WATCH = true
ENABLE_ATTACHMENT = true
MAX_ATTACHMENT_SIZE = 1024
ENABLE_LOGIN_INFO_IN_SESSION = true
ENABLE_LOGIN_INFO_IN_COOKIE = true
ENABLE_LOGIN_INFO_IN_REALM = false
ENABLE_LOGIN_INFO_IN_CUSTOMIZATION = falseHow do I write Java code to pick up the value of the property; for example, ENABLE_RSS, in the configuration file?

Answer 1

One slight correction:
String path = "/path/to/topOfClassPath/";
InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream(path + "properties.conf");jfbriere's code would try to load the properties from the same location in the ClassPath (e.g. package) from where the class is located. Got bit by that one more than once. I usually try to locate items like this in a "/resources" package located at the "top" of the ClassPath so I always know where they are and use a fully qualified path to load them - e.g.
getResourceAsStream("/resources/application.properites");