Properties file spring annotation

Value ;. Bean; import org. Configuration; import org. PropertySource; Configuration PropertySource "classpath:sport. Bean ;. Configuration ;. PropertySource ;. AnnotationConfigApplicationContext ;. Previous Next? We will also discuss about Spring Environment interface. We will see corresponding XML configuration as well for side-by-side comparison.

This annotation is in practice, placed on Configuration classes. Spring Value annotation can be used to specify expression on field or methods. Active 8 months ago. Viewed k times. I want to have a list of values in a. Ng Sek Long 3, 1 1 gold badge 22 22 silver badges 33 33 bronze badges. JackDev JackDev Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Ahmed Ashour 4, 10 10 gold badges 31 31 silver badges 47 47 bronze badges.

Wilhelm Kleu Wilhelm Kleu I checked it again using the same version you are using. Copied the Spring EL exactly as in the post and it works. What is different though is if I make an error in my EL I get a org. SpelEvaluationException exception and not javax. Is your objected created by Spring? Works perfectly with Spring 3. How about empty property my. I would expect such functionality retruning empty list where here it will be one item empty string , wouldn't it?

Also note that the suggested solution doesn't do trimming so values like item1, item2, item3 may give you result you don't really expect hint: spaces. If you need to trim empty spaces use regex for split argument.. Show 8 more comments. Since Spring 3. Clemens Klein-Robbenhaar Clemens Klein-Robbenhaar 3, 1 1 gold badge 16 16 silver badges 27 27 bronze badges.

Outside avoiding to repeat yourself with split in every expression, it also properly handles an empty list instead of giving you [null] — Didier L. It is not working if the property is overrided Exists in multiple property sources.

If you are reading this and you are using Spring Boot , you have 1 more option for this feature Usually comma separated list are very clumsy for real world use case And sometime not even feasible, if you want to use commas in your config : email. Another advantage is that any change in any setting will require you to change the specific properties file only. Suppose you have your Database properties in a properties file called db.

In order to resolve these placeholders you must register a PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer. Spring also has PropertySource annotation added in Spring 3. It can be used with Value annotation to read the value of the given property.

Given a file db.