Java tutorial
/* * Output: * a 1 A 2 c: 3 z: default * */ import java.util.Properties; public class MainClass { public static void main(String args[]) { Properties prop = new Properties(); prop.put("a", "1"); prop.put("b", "2"); prop.put("c", "3"); Properties book = new Properties(prop); book.put("A", "4"); book.put("B", "5"); System.out.println("a " + book.getProperty("a")); System.out.println("A " + book.getProperty("b")); System.out.println("c: " + book.getProperty("c")); System.out.println("z: " + book.getProperty("z", "default")); } }