Loading values into drop down through properties file.

Question

Hi all,
Can any one please let me know how to read a drop down through properties file I have two drop downs. I need to read the drop down values through the properties file .
I would appreciate if you can provide me with the sample code to do this(i mean similar kind of operation)
Say for example
if i have in the properties file
months.properties
Month = "january,february,march.....december"
january = "monday,tuesday, wednesday"
for the first drop down i need to load the months i.e., january, february, march etc.
After selecting the first drop down say january, then it should show me monday,tuesday and wednesday in the second drop down.
I know it's a begineers question. any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help
regards,
sam

Answer 1

Actually i want to use Jstl tag for this
<select name="secQst1">
<c:forEach var="flaglistdetail" items="${flaglist}">
<option value="<c:out value="${flaglistdetail.seqId}"/>"><c:out value="${flaglistdetail.seqDesc}"/></option>
</c:forEach>
</select>
The above operation is for getting the drop down values for the database. I want to hard code the values in the properties file and read it in the action and want to get it through the select tag.
private Properties _appConfig;
     private static final String APP_CONFIG_NAME = "AppConfigProperties.properties";
if (_appConfig == null) {
_appConfig = new Properties();
try {
appConfig.load(FileUtil.getFileAsStream(APPCONFIG_NAME));
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new RuntimeException("can not find "
+ APP_CONFIG_NAME, e);
I was trying to do the above thing. but for some reason i couldn't get it.
if you have any sample code which does the same thing like this would be helpful