This reads in a configuration such as: tools.toolbox = request,application tools.property.locale = en_us tools.property.locale.class = java.util.Locale tools.property.locale.converter = org.apache.velocity.tools.config.LocaleConverter tools.request.property.xhtml = true tools.request.render = org.apache.velocity.tools.view.ViewRenderTool tools.request.render.parseDepth = 5 tools.request.search = com.foo.tools.MySearchTool tools.request.search.itemsPerPage = 10 tools.application.math = org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.MathTool tools.data.foo = bar tools.data.foo.class = java.lang.String tools.data.foo.converter = org.apache.commons.beanutils.converter.StringConverter tools.data.version = 1.0 tools.data.version.type = number tools.data.debug = false tools.data.debug.type = boolean