title: Where should we store database config files in Java Eclipse Dynamic Web Project?
body: <p>I'm new in Java development and learning the basics of Eclipse environment.</p>
  
  <p>Referring to the <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20237568/structure-of-java-web-application">link</a>, I got to know the folder structure of any web application (Dynamic Web Project).</p>
  
  <p>I need to know the location of JDBC database configuration files having connection string, username, passwords etc.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Question</strong>: Should we keep the database configuration files (DAL) in WEB-INF and gain access from outside (I don't know how to do that) or should we keep the configuration files in src/package ?</p>