Read value from properties file

To get the value of database connection or fetch labels for JSP, it is better to use properties file. So that if you change at one place, it will be reflected to all places. Code to read properties file and return value import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.util.Properties; public class ReadLabelProperties { public static String getProperties(String key) throws IOException { InputStream inputStream=ReadLabelProperties.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("label.properties"); Properties myproperties = new Properties(); myproperties.load(inputStream); return myproperties.getProperty(key); } } label.properties are having entries like below dbserver=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/ dbdriver=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver Hope the same is useful while creating web application Deepak