title: Loading property file from filesystem using util:properties?
body: <p>When i try to load a property file from the filesystem using util:properties, the property file is not found. I placed it on my root drive and all kinds of places but i seem not to be able to load a property file from the filesystem using util:properties.</p>
  
  <p>Is it possible to do this?</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;util:properties id="configProperties" location="file:///d:/config.properties"/&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Loading it from the classpath works ok.. but i want to configure the application so a system admin can change the properties.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;util:properties id="configProperties" location="classpath:/config.properties"/&gt;
  </code></pre>