How do you configure a Spring bean container to load a Java property file?

Question

How do you configure a Spring bean container (or application context) to load a Java property file?

JavaWorld article Smartly Load Your Properties explains how to load p

Answer 1

For example via the PropertiesFactoryBean. Use the PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer to configure beans in the context via properties.

You will find PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer examples in the other answers. Here is a PropertiesFactoryBean example :