"Let's say you need to load a classpath resource that corresponds to a some/pkg/resource.properties file. I use classpath resource to mean something that's packaged in one of the application jars or added to the classpath before the application launches. You can add to the classpath via the -classpath JVM option each time the application starts or by placing the file in the <jre home>\classes directory once and for all. The key point is that deploying a classpath resource is similar to deploying a compiled Java class, and therein lies the convenience."
"In Listing 1, the Properties class is used to specify two name-value pairs that will be passed to the InitialContext constructor. The InitialContext constructor is a JNDI-provided factory method that loads different JNDI providers depending on the parameters passed in."
"The current installed based of Java applications includes thousands of shell scripts to correctly set various CCI properties. A wholesale industry switch to XML would require rewriting these scripts. Also, such a switch would be problematic where pre-1.4 versions of Java are still in use. So, XML cannot be a complete solution. A general-purpose CCI will need a backwards-compatibility mode that includes the various ad hoc solutions currently in place, without encouraging their continued use in the future."
