puoi usare un file .ini

crei un txt con questo contenuto e poi modifichi l'estensione in ini
codice:
DBuser=anonymous
DBpassword=&8djsx
DBlocation=bigone
leggi il contenuto del file

codice:
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

class readIni {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    readIni ini = new readIni();
    ini.doit();
    }

  public void doit() {
    try{
      Properties p = new Properties();
      p.load(new FileInputStream("user.ini"));
      System.out.println("user = " + p.getProperty("DBuser"));
      System.out.println("password = " + p.getProperty("DBpassword"));
      System.out.println("location = " + p.getProperty("DBlocation"));
      p.list(System.out);
      }
    catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println(e);
      }
    }
}

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