Properties files with Scala

PropertyUsage.scala

import java.util.Properties

val in = getClass.getClassLoader.getResourceAsStream("config_values.properties")
// The Classloader is not always available (sbt test runner), then use the current class instead:
// val in = getClass.getResourceAsStream("config_values.properties")
val props = new Properties()
props.load(in)
in.close
props.getProperty("my.property.name", "default-value")