I've had this working in some other project before, I am just re-doing the same thing but for some reason it's not working. The Spring @Value
is not reading from property file, but instead it's taking the value literally
AppConfig.java
@Component
public class AppConfig
{
@Value("${key.value1}")
private String value;
public String getValue()
{
return value;
}
}
applicationContext.xml:
<context:component-scan
base-package="com.test.config" />
<context:annotation-config />
<bean id="appConfigProperties"
class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="location" value="classpath:appconfig.properties" />
</bean>
appconfig.properties
key.value1=test value 1
In my controller, where I have:
@Autowired
private AppConfig appConfig;
The application starts just fine, but when I do
appConfig.getValue()
it returns
${key.value1}
It doesn't resolve to the value inside the properties file.
Thoughts?
I also found the reason @value
was not working is, @value
requires PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer
instead of a PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer
. i did the same changes and it worked for me, i am using spring 4.0.3 release.
I configured this using below code in my configuration file -
@Bean
public static PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer propertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer() {
return new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer();
}
Problem is due to problem in my applicationContext.xml vs spring-servlet.xml - it was scoping issue between the beans.
pedjaradenkovic kindly pointed me to an existing resource:
Spring @Value annotation in @Controller class not evaluating to value inside properties file
and Spring 3.0.5 doesn't evaluate @Value annotation from properties
In my case, static fields will not be injected.
I was using spring boot, and for me upgrading the version from 1.4.0.RELEASE
to 1.5.6.RELEASE
solved this issue.
Have a read of pedjaradenkovic's comment.
Further to the link he provides, the reason this isn't working is that @Value
processing requires a PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer
instead of a PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer
.
In my case I was missing the curly braces. I had @Value("foo.bar") String value
instead of the correct form @Value("${foo.bar}") String value
for Sprig-boot User both PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer and the new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer added in Spring 3.1. so it's straightforward to access properties file. just inject
Note: Make sure your property is not Static
@Value("${key.value1}")
private String value;