Accessing multiple property files with @PropertyResource in Spring

Question

Using the new @PropertySource annotation in Spring 3.1, how can you access multiple property files with Environment?

Currently I have:

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Answer 1

there are two different approaches: the first one is to use the PropertyPlaceHolder in your applicationContext.xml: beans-factory-placeholderconfigurer

the namespace to add is xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"

If you want a direct access of a key to a String variable in your controller, use:

@Value("${some.key}")
private String valueOfThatKey;

The second approach is to use the util:properties in you applicationContext.xml:

using the namesapce xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util" schemaLocations: http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.0.xsd

Then in your Controller:

@Resource(name="fileA")
private Properties propertyA;

@Resource(name="fileB")
private Properties propertyB;

If you want a value from the files, just use the method getProperty(String key)