ReadProperties.java

package test;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Properties;

public class ReadProperties {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		ReadProperties obj = new ReadProperties();
		try {
			obj.getProperties();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
	public String getProperties() throws IOException {
		String result = "";
		InputStream inputStream = null;
		try {
			Properties prop = new Properties();
			String propFileName = System.getProperty("user.dir") + "/src/test/config.properties";
			inputStream = new FileInputStream(propFileName);
			if (inputStream != null) {
				prop.load(inputStream);
			} else {
				throw new FileNotFoundException("property file '" + propFileName + "' not found in the classpath");
			}
			System.out.println(prop.get("myName"));
			System.out.println(prop.getProperty("myName"));
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.out.println("Exception: " + e);
		} finally {
			inputStream.close();
		}
		return result;
	}

}