Reloading services after changes to included property values

[Tom Zeller]

>> When do properties files get read? Only at IDP start-up, or each time a service is reloaded? Is there some way to force the IDP to re-read the properties files so that I don't have to restart the IDP if I change a value in one of them?
> 
> They're static, that's why they're bad for routine uses. They're good for structural "how it's deployed" decisions that don't change much.

I’m curious if Unicon has had any luck with “dynamic properties” :

https://github.com/UniconLabs/springframework-addons/blob/master/src/main/java/net/unicon/springframework/addons/properties/ReloadingPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer.java