title: How to read properties file placed outside war?
body: <p>I'm working on a web application these days. That uses only jsps and servlets. It's a small application. Right now I have placed all the DataSource details in DAO utility class. I want to place these details in a properties file that can be placed outside the war, so that depending on the environment we can change these values, without effecting the war. How can I achieve this?</p>