Listing 1: Properties File with meta-attributes

#GROUP NAME = General
#PARAMETER TYPE = DIRECTORY
#EDITABLE = true
#DOCUMENTATION = Help for directory
directory_param = C:\



Listing 2: Excerpt of the property file for the sample case

#GROUPNAME = Logging
#PARAMETER TYPE = BOOLEAN
#EDITABLE = true
#DOCUMENTATION = Decides whether to log messages when application runs
LoggingEnabled = true
...
#GROUPNAME = Database
#PARAMETER TYPE = STRING
#EDITABLE = true
#DOCUMENTATION = Help for directory
DatabaseURI = valueofdatabaseuri