Spring Property Sources — Coding Prep Guide

Original chapter: Property Source. The text and examples below are preserved from the historical source; read the corrections above before using them.

Section 13.1: Sample xml configuration using PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer

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<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
   <property name="locations">
    <list>
          <value>classpath:ReleaseBundle.properties</value>
    </list>
</bean>

Section 13.2: Annotation

Sample property file : nexus.properties

Sample property file content:

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nexus.user=admin
nexus.pass=admin
nexus.rest.uri=http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx/nexus/service/local/artifact/maven/content

Sample Context File xml configuration

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<context:property-placeholder location="classpath:ReleaseBundle.properties" />

Sample Property Bean using annotations

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@Component
@PropertySource(value = { "classpath:nexus.properties" })
public class NexusBean {

   @Value("${" + NexusConstants.NEXUS_USER + "}")
   private String user;

   @Value("${" + NexusConstants.NEXUS_PASS + "}")
   private String pass;

   @Value("${" + NexusConstants.NEXUS_REST_URI + "}")
   private String restUri;
}

Sample Constant class

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public class NexusConstants {
   public static final String NexusConstants.NEXUS_USER="";
   public static final String NexusConstants.NEXUS_PASS="";
   public static final String NexusConstants.NEXUS_REST_URI="";
}