Spring datasource configuration for localhost, development, and production

Question

I\'m trying to figure out how my Spring app can determine where it is deployed and load the appropriate datasource. We have 3 environments...my local, the development server, a

Answer 1

Two solutions

• Have one value instead of three with a generic name and in your build configuration provide a flag which properties file should be copied to that path/filename.

• Provide the properties as an VM argument while starting the server like -Ddatasource.properties=c:\config\development.datasource.properties and in your XML config file file:///${datasource.properties}