Mule ESB:Context Property Placeholder

Question

I have a question regarding Mule\'s context property placeholder, I have two files set up like this:

Answer 1

Yes, you can have multiple files loaded through Mule context property placeholder. Correct way to do it is to place the properties file in src/main/resources, this folder is in classpath and then specify something like this:

I am not sure why would you want to define duplicate properties in them

EDIT:

To specify order of loading multiple files, use order attribute: