Chapter 115. Properties

Properties Component

Available as of Apache Camel 2.3

properties:key[?options]

Where key is the key for the property to lookup

Name	Type	Default	Description
`cache`	`boolean`	`true`	Whether or not to cache loaded properties.
`locations`	`String`	`null`	A list of locations to load properties. You can use comma to separate multiple locations. This option will override any default locations and only use the locations from this option.
`encoding`	`String`	`null`	Camel 2.14.3/2.15.1: To use a specific charset to load the properties, such as UTF-8. By default ISO-8859-1 (latin1) is used.
`ignoreMissingLocation`	`boolean`	`false`	Camel 2.10: Whether to silently ignore if a location cannot be located, such as a properties file not found.
`propertyPrefix`	`String`	`null`	Camel 2.9: Optional prefix prepended to property names before resolution.
`propertySuffix`	`String`	`null`	Camel 2.9: Optional suffix appended to property names before resolution.
`fallbackToUnaugmentedProperty`	`boolean`	`true`	Camel 2.9: If `true`, first attempt resolution of property name augmented with `propertyPrefix` and `propertySuffix` before falling back the plain property name specified. If `false`, only the augmented property name is searched.
`prefixToken`	`String`	{{	Camel 2.9: The token to indicate the beginning of a property token.
`suffixToken`	`String`	}}	Camel 2.9: The token to indicate the end of a property token.

Resolving property from Java code

You can use the method resolvePropertyPlaceholders on the CamelContext to resolve a property from any Java code.