Loading .properties file in java program

Properties file are very useful in case of passing some parameter which are frequently used in a normal java application.
Like DB configuration. Details regarding DB Configuration can be saved in Properties file and loaded/deployed along with application itself

In this example i am using Ubuntu12.04 machine with MySql DB and Eclipse Juno IDE

The main class file and .properties file are both saved in the same package

class LoadProptiesTest
{
   public static void main(String args[])
   {
      try
      {
         loadProp();
      }
      catch (SQLException ex)
      {
         for (Throwable t : ex)
            t.printStackTrace();
      }
      catch (IOException ex)
      {
         ex.printStackTrace();
      }
   }

   public static void loadProp() throws SQLException, IOException
   {
    Connection conn = getConnection();    
  try {
   Statement stat = conn.createStatement();
   stat.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE FAMILY(NAME CHAR(20))");
   stat.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO FAMILY VALUES('SARAH')");
   stat.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO FAMILY VALUES('JOHN')");
   
   ResultSet result = stat.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM FAMILY");
   for(int x = 1; x <= 4; x++){
    if(result.absolute(x)){
     System.out.println("" + x + ": "+ result.getString(1));
    }
   }
   result.close();
  }finally{
   conn.close();
  }
   }//end of loadProp
   
   public static Connection getConnection()
                           throws SQLException, IOException
   {  
       //i am creating Properties instance
   Properties props = new Properties();
       //now i am loading DB.properties file,
       //by getting stream of it from classloader
   props.load(TestDB.class.getClassLoader()
                       .getResourceAsStream("DB.properties"));     
      //Here i am getting the values from DB.properties file
      String url = props.getProperty("jdbc.url");
      String username = props.getProperty("jdbc.username");
      String password = props.getProperty("jdbc.password");

      /*finally getting Connection*/
      return DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
   }
}