If you getting from application.properties file you can use Environment class.
Like that 
Autowired
private Environment environment;
...
environment.getProperty("propertyName")
or you can define your own property file. then you can get from it with 
@PropertySource(name = "myProperties", value = "example.properties") annotation
You need to use @Value annotation to get a specific value from the property file which you defined.  
@Value("${propertyNameInYourPropertFile}")
private String url;
And You want to start something when Application is just started, you can use this before a method 
@EventListener(ApplicationReadyEvent.class)
But need to use @Service or @Component Annotation, which Class has the method. 
Totally, You can use this.
example.properties :
url=yourValue
userName=yourDBUserName
password=yourDBPassword
example class :
@Service
@PropertySource(name = "myProperties", value = "example.properties")
public class Start{
    @Value("${url}")
    private String url;
    @Value("${userName}")
    private String userName;
    @Value("${password}")
    private String password;
    //Run this method when application started
    @EventListener(ApplicationReadyEvent.class)
    public ResultSet getConnection()
    {
        //Connect to Database
        Connection connection = null;
        String QUERY="your sql query";
        try {
            DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());
            connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, userName, password );
        } catch (SQLException e) {
        }
        //Run your query
        Statement stmt = null;
        try {
            stmt = connection.createStatement();
        } catch (SQLException e1) {
            e1.printStackTrace();
        }
        ResultSet rs = null;
        try {
            rs = stmt.executeQuery(QUERY);
        } catch (SQLException e1) {
            e1.printStackTrace();
        }
        return rs;
    }
}