Better idea to put custom properties in struts 1.2

Can anyone please suggest me a best practice for custom properties in struts 1.2, I mean where to place the properties file (under WEB-INF or somewhere else) and how to access or address them relatively from struts Action class.

I put the property file in a particular place where i used to put all the property file for different appliation.

lets say

C:
|---- PropertyFiles
|----App1
|--app1.properties
|-----App2
|--app2.properties

Note : the above paths are not intended appropriately
Then in the server(Application or webserver) configuration ,i pass the path to the property file as system property via JVM argument.
like -DAPP2Prop=path to app2.properties -DApp1Property=path to app1.properties.

Then whn you run the application you can read it as System.getProperty(App2Prop) and pass it to the argument as Property constructor.

Well i am not sure this is a good idea or not? But this works atlease for me so far.

Thanks Siva Masilamani

But I need to package the properties file along with the war.. So I would like to know where should I drop the file in WEB-INF or somewhere else and how can I access it relatively in Action class...

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The best place to put a property file in a WebApp (WAR/EAR file) would be in the src folder.

The ideal demarcation would be like this:

src
- java
- config
- resources

Now place all the property files under the resources section. The config is mainly for xml files.

You can now pick up the property using a classpath resource loader or even using struts property loader.