How to Load Properties from Text File in Java ?

Below code shows how to load properties from text file in java –

[java]
/****************************************************************************************
* Created on 08-2011 Copyright(c) https://kodehelp.com All Rights Reserved.
****************************************************************************************/
package com.kodehelp.java.io;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.InvalidPropertiesFormatException;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
* Created by Vigilance India.
* User: https://kodehelp.com
* Date: Aug 4, 2011
*/
public class LoadPropertiesFromTextFile {
public static void main(String args[]){
Properties prop = new Properties();
try {
FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream("/config.txt");
prop.loadFromXML(fileInputStream);
prop.list(System.out);
String userName = prop.getProperty("USERNAME");
System.out.println("USERNAME ::"+userName);
String password = prop.getProperty("PASSWORD");
System.out.println("PASSWORD ::"+password);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (InvalidPropertiesFormatException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

}
}
[/java]

USERNAME=kodehelp PASSWORD=secret

You can also check example for loading properties from XML file