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

We use this :

    
    
        classpath:test.properties
    

Which allows the properties defined there to be used as references in the config files

For more info see :

http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/2.0.x/api/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer.html