Taking input from Properties File

[bugger]

I have written an application which needs input from user. I was thinking about my options. XML is an option but I don't want to use that.

Can I use properties file for the input? Is it a good way of using properties file in Java or it has some other use?

Thanks for looking into this.

[Sreejesh]

You can use the property files when the application needs to get some values which are configured by the users.
For eg, an anti virus application to scan the hard drive in a user defined schedule, user is able to change the schedule interval in a peoperty file as,

SCAN_INTERVAL_IN_HOURS = 10
Here each time the application starts, it will read the value of the key "SCAN_INTERVAL_IN_HOURS".

[deenkar1984]

hi can any one help me in hoe to read values from property file

[rjuyal]

Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.load(new FileInputStream( propertyFilepath ));

properties.getProperty(yourKey);

is this what you wanted?

[deenkar1984]

hi i write this code and it worked f9
private String getProperty() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Properties properties = new java.util.Properties();
try {
properties.load( ( this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStre am( "application.properties" ) ));
}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return properties.getProperty("SMTP_HOST");
}