Question

I want to load xml file into spring bean for further processing. I know that it is possible to load properties file simply defining a bean property in spring configuration file. Is it possible to do the same with xml file?

edit
For example I want to have a bean:

public class Bean {
   private File file
   public void setFile(File file) {
      this.file = file
   }
  //....
}

and in my configuration file I want to set it like this:

<bean id="bean" class="blabla.Bean">
   <property name="file" value="smth here"/>
</bean>

and then I want to parse that xml using DOM

Answer 1

You can achieve it by changing the parameter type to a Resource – more details in documentation. You can get the file handle from the resource object

public class Bean {
   private File file
   public void setFile(Resource resource) {
      this.file = resource.getFile()
   }
  //....
}

and in the configuration file you can set it like this. You can use classpath: if the file is part of a jar in your classpath. If it is outside you will need to use the file:

<bean id="bean" class="blabla.Bean">
   <property name="file" value="file:path to file"/>
</bean>