Java constant examples (Create a java file having only constants)

Question

What is the best practice to declare a java file having only constant?

public interface DeclareConstants
{
    String constant = \"Test\";
}

OR

Answer 1

You can also use the Properties class

Here's the constants file called

# this will hold all of the constants
frameWidth = 1600
frameHeight = 900

Here is the code that uses the constants

public class SimpleGuiAnimation {

    int frameWidth;
    int frameHeight;


    public SimpleGuiAnimation() {
        Properties properties = new Properties();

        try {
            File file = new File("src/main/resources/dataDirectory/gui_constants.properties");
            FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(file);
            properties.load(fileInputStream);
        }
        catch (FileNotFoundException fileNotFoundException) {
            System.out.println("Could not find the properties file" + fileNotFoundException);
        }
        catch (Exception exception) {
            System.out.println("Could not load properties file" + exception.toString());
        }


        this.frameWidth = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("frameWidth"));
        this.frameHeight = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("frameHeight"));
    }