Question

If I have 2 .properties files setup in my Spring XML as so:

<util:properties id="serverProperties" location="file:./applications/MyApplication/server.properties"/>
<util:properties id="someConfig" location="file:./applications/MyApplication/config.properties"/>

How can I inject via annotations these properties files into a bean with java.util.Properties?

How can I grab specific properties via Spring annotations?

Cheers!

Answer 1

@Autowired
@Qualifier("serverProperties")
private Properties serverProperties;
@Autowired
@Qualifier("someConfig")
private Properties otherProperties;

or

@Resource(name = "serverProperties")
private Properties serverProperties;
@Resource(name = "someConfig")
private Properties otherProperties;

Typically, @Autowired is used for by-type autowiring in Spring, and @Resource is used for by-name. @Autowired+@Qualifier can double as by-name autowiring, but it’s really meant for by-type autowiring with the ability to fine-tune the type.