Pull variable information from a file?

[Brian Susol]

Is it possible to pull variable information that would be used to populate text boxes etc. from a file?  I am currently coding in Java and I do the usual where I am sendkeys = "blah"

Id love to have a file that my users could fill out that the code could read from rather than me updating the code itself. 

Is there another way I am not thinking of?

[SiKing]

Yes, Java is a full blown language that is capable of reading files: https://www.baeldung.com/reading-file-in-java

From what I have seen, most people will use Excel for such purpose: https://www.baeldung.com/java-microsoft-excel

[David]

Sounds like you're asking about data driven testing (for Java).