import java.util.Properties;
...
static String profilepath="webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/server.properties";
private static Properties props = new Properties();
static {
try {
props.load(new FileInputStream(profilepath));
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static String getKeyValue(String key) {
return props.getProperty(key);
}
//the directory that is used to store lucene index
public final String indexDir = getKeyValue("INDEX_ROOT");


