Properties for a web application

The properties file needs to reside anywhere on the classpath (use src/main/java)

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Properties;

public class PropertiesLookup {

	Properties prop = new Properties();
	String filename = "config.properties";
	InputStream input = null;

	public PropertiesLookup() {
		try {
			input = getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(filename);
			if (input == null) {
				System.out.println("Sorry, unable to find " + filename);
				return;
			}
			prop.load(input);

		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

	public String getProperty(String key) {
		return prop.getProperty(key);
	}
}



and a sample service to test:

@GET
	@Path("properties/{property}")
	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
	public Response propertiesCheck(@PathParam("property") String property) {
		PropertiesLookup pl = new PropertiesLookup();
		String pValue = pl.getProperty(property);
		return Response.status(200).entity(pValue).build();
	}