Question

I am trying to override defaults found in my war file using a local properties file on the box I am deploying on.

<context:property-placeholder
  location="classpath*:*.properties, file:/var/myfolder/local.properties"
  ignore-resource-not-found="true"
  ignore-unresolvable="true" />

I’ve seen that this can be achieved by providing a file as the second location (comma separated). Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to overwrite the properties.

I have tried defining the bean and setting locations using properties, but that didn’t work either.

Answer 1

One approach is to separate them into two and use order

<context:property-placeholder
  location="classpath*:*.properties"
  ignore-resource-not-found="true"
  ignore-unresolvable="true"
  order ="0" />

<context:property-placeholder
  location="file:/var/myfolder/local.properties"
  ignore-resource-not-found="true"
  ignore-unresolvable="true"
  order="-1"/>

lowest order takes precedence