Best way for storing Java application name and version properties

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Using Eclipse IDE   I need to store my application s name and version as they are used by the app itself  I could hard-code them as static final fields somewhere in the codebase  A better solution I know about may be storing them in the manifest file distributed with the application JAR   Storing these properties in the manifest file feels better to me  but the problem is that the properties  obtained via Package methods  are not accessible during the development phase - running debugging from IDE   Is there a way to define them in Eclipse Run Debug configurations  Is there a better way of storing such pieces of information   I can also imagine using the Preferences API  although they are not  preferences  per se    Thanks

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Use properties file  Here is a good start  http   www mkyong com java java-properties-file-examples

[java] Best way for storing Java application name and version properties

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