If you use your own classpath:settings4j.xml, then you can configure Filters for each Connector.
The default Filter implementation uses the regular-expression syntax from java.util.regex.Pattern
<settings4j:configuration xmlns:settings4j='http://settings4j.org/'> <connector name="SystemPropertyConnector" class="org.settings4j.connector.SystemPropertyConnector"> <filter> <include pattern="org/mycompany/testConfig1\.txt" /> <exclude pattern="org/mycompany/testConfig2\.txt" /> </filter> </connector> <connector name="ClasspathConnector" class="org.settings4j.connector.ClasspathConnector"> <filter> <include pattern="org/mycompany/testConfig2\.txt" /> <exclude pattern="org/mycompany/testConfig1\.txt" /> </filter> </connector> </settings4j:configuration>
You can always use a list of include or exclude Elements.