Question

i have a Spring application and its working well so far. Now i want the properties file in an external config folder and not in the packed jar to change things without the need to repack. This is what i got:

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

The outcommented one is working and the other one i dont get to work :/ Can someone help?

Edit:
Thx 4 comments so far.

Maybe my question wasnt clear enough :). I perform a Maven build and everything will be packaged and i want this folder to be NOT in the package nut next to the outcomming jar and in this folder i want the properties file. possible?

Answer 1

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

If you place it somewhere in the classpath in a directory named spring (change names/dirs accordingly), you can access with above

<property name="locations" value ="config/springcontext.properties" />

this will be pointing to web-inf/classes/config/springcontext.properties