<dependency> <groupId>com.smaller</groupId> <artifactId>config</artifactId> <version>1.0.0</version> </dependency> properties database.url = jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydb database.username = myusername database.password = mypassword import com.smaller.config.Config; import com.smaller.config.ConfigFactory; Config config = ConfigFactory.load("config.properties"); String databaseUrl = config.getString("database.url"); String databaseUsername = config.getString("database.username"); String databasePassword = config.getString("database.password"); DatabaseConnection connection = new DatabaseConnection(databaseUrl, databaseUsername, databasePassword); connection.connect();