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

There's this thing called a PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer, you can use it to inject your beans with values from a properties file, like this:

    
        classpath:com/foo/jdbc.properties