Java API Tutorial - Java Properties.getProperty(String key, String defaultValue)

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Syntax

Properties.getProperty(String key, String defaultValue) has the following syntax.

public String getProperty(String key,   String defaultValue)

Example

In the following code shows how to use Properties.getProperty(String key, String defaultValue) method.

//w  w w . j  a va  2  s .  co m
import java.util.Properties;

public class Main {

   public static void main(String[] args)  throws Exception{
      Properties prop = new Properties();

  
      prop.put("Chapter Count", "200");
      prop.put("Tutorial Count", "150");
      prop.put("tutorial", "java2s.com");
      prop.put("Runnable", "true");

      // get two properties and print them
      System.out.println(prop.getProperty("Runnable","false"));
      System.out.println(prop.getProperty("Tutorial Count","150"));

   }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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