How to read properties from xml file with java?

Question

I have the following xml file:

Answer 1

This is trivial, assuming you're willing to re-write your properties file into the standard Java format. Assume you have the following in a file called props.xml:

    This is a comment
    A
    B
    C
    D
    E
    F

Then read properties from the file like this:

java.util.Properties prop = new Properties();
prop.loadFromXML(new FileInputStream("props.xml"));
System.out.println(prop.getProperty("propF"));