Read a property of an arbitrary CmsResource

   <%@page import="org.opencms.file.CmsProperty,org.opencms.file.CmsObject,org.opencms.jsp.CmsJspActionElement"%>
   <%
      CmsJspActionElement cmsAction    = new CmsJspActionElement (pageContext, request, response);
      CmsObject cmsObject              = cmsAction.getCmsObject();
 
      // Try to find the "prop_name" property of the current file and, if it is not found there, try to find it on all parent folders:
      boolean search = true;
      CmsProperty prop = cms.readPropertyObject("/sites/mysite/my_path/file.ext", "prop_name", search);      
      String propValue = (prop != null) ? prop.getValue() : null;
 
     // ... or get the title propery ...
     CmsProperty titleProp = cmsObject.readPropertyObject (requestContext.getUri(), "Title", false);
     String title = (titleProp != null) ? titleProp.getValue() : null;
   %>