title: Configure Tomcat to use properties file to load DB connection information
body: <p>What are the accepted practices for creating a Tomcat deployment that reads configuration parameters from a properties file? </p>
  
  <p>It would be nice to be able to deliver a WAR file and specify that the client need only create or edit a properties file in a specific directory. Is this a somewhat regular way of doing things? Is there a better approach than this? </p>