Load multiple properties file using in spring 3

Question

I want to load multiple properties files using <util:properties> tag in a spring 3 application. I searched on the blogs, but cannot get the correct path to do this.

Hopefully somebody give me the answer to overcome this problem.

score 24 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 25 '14 at 19:31

Actually <util:properties> is just convenient tag for org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertiesFactoryBean. And PropertiesFactoryBean does support multiple locations.

So it is possible to create bean with Properties this way:

    <bean id="myProps" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertiesFactoryBean">
        <property name="locations">
            <list>
                <value>classpath:myprops-common.properties</value>
                <value>classpath:myprops-override.properties</value>
                <value>classpath:some-more-props-here.properties</value>
            </list>
        </property>
    </bean>

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 19 '11 at 09:14

10

My solution

<context:property-placeholder location="classpath*:*.properties,file:/some/other/path/*.properties" />

answered Dec 19 '11 at 09:14

Piotr Gwiazda

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This works for the placeholder that you have in your config file ${some.props}, but that does not work with @Value("#{properties}") in your bean, to use that solution that @Alexei Osipov works, just in case someone need that information – Koitoer Oct 09 '14 at 18:08

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 19 '11 at 09:22

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util:properties seems to support only 1 properties file (reference). You might want to use the configuration suggested by @peperg.

answered Dec 19 '11 at 09:22

Aravind Yarram

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