spring - read property value from properties file in static field of class

Question

I have one utility class where i have one method which requires username and password to connect other url. I need to kept that username in properties file so that i can change

Answer 1

In you Utility class you can have a setter method to set the properties and then you can use MethdInvokingFactoryBean.

class Utility{
    static String username;
    static String password;
    public static setUserNameAndPassword(String username, String password){
        Utility.username = username;
        Utility.password = password;
    }
    //other stuff
}

<bean
    class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
    <property name="locations">
        <list>
            <value>classpath*:/myservice_detaults.properties</value>
            <value>classpath*:/log4j.properties</value>
        </list>
    </property>
</bean>

<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MethodInvokingFactoryBean">
    <property name="staticMethod" value="foo.bar.Utility.setUserNameAndPassword"/>
    <property name="arguments">
        <list>
            <value>${username}</value>
            <value>${password}</value>
        </list>
   </property>
</bean>

Answer 2

Spring doesn't allow to inject values into non-final static fields but make your field private and it should works.

Answer 3

Or just

<bean id="constants" class="com.foo.constants.CommonConstants">
    <property name="username" value="${username}"/>
</bean>

Answer 4

Try this : Make your class a Component

@Component
public class UserXXXUtils {
    private static Integer trustXXXMask;

    @Value("${trustXXXMask}")
    public void setTrustXXXMask(Integer trustXXXMask) {
        UserXXXUtils.trustXXXMask = trustXXXMask;
    }
    //Access anywhere in the class
}

Answer 5

Read property value from properties file in static field of class using Java based spring configuration.
Example :
// The property file to store fields.
user.properties
     username=Elijah Wood
     age=26
     language=English
// This class holds the static values

package org.javahive.propertyreader.example;

public class UserDetails {

    static String username;
    static String age;
    static String language;

    public static void setUserValues(String username, String age, String language) {
        UserDetails.username = username;
        UserDetails.age = age;
        UserDetails.language = language;
    }
}

//Spring configuration class

package org.javahive.propertyreader.example;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MethodInvokingFactoryBean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
import org.springframework.context.support.PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer;

@Configuration
@ComponentScan(value = { "org.javahive.propertyreader.example" })
@PropertySource("classpath:user.properties")
public class PropertyReaderConfig {

    @Value("${user}")
    private String username;

    @Value("${age}")
    private String age;

    @Value("${language}")
    private String language;

    @Bean
    public static PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer propertyConfigIn() {
        return new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer();
    }

    @Bean
    public MethodInvokingFactoryBean methodInvokingFactoryBean() {
        MethodInvokingFactoryBean mifb = new MethodInvokingFactoryBean();
        mifb.setStaticMethod("org.javahive.propertyreader.example.UserDetails.setUserValues");
        mifb.setArguments(new String[] { this.username, this.age, this.language });
        return mifb;
    }

    /**
     * @return the name
     */
    public String getName() {
        return username;
    }

    /**
     * @param name
     *            the name to set
     */
    public void setName(String name) {
        this.username = name;
    }

    /**
     * @return the age
     */
    public String getAge() {
        return age;
    }

    /**
     * @param age
     *            the age to set
     */
    public void setAge(String age) {
        this.age = age;
    }

    /**
     * @return the language
     */
    public String getLanguage() {
        return language;
    }

    /**
     * @param language
     *            the language to set
     */
    public void setLanguage(String language) {
        this.language = language;
    }

}

//The main class.

package org.javahive.propertyreader.example;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(PropertyReaderConfig.class);
        System.out.println("User Name : " + UserDetails.username);
        System.out.println("Age : " + UserDetails.age);
        System.out.println("Language : " + UserDetails.language);
    }
}

Answer 6

Or using the @Value over the non-static setter method for username eg.

@Value("${app.username}")
public void setUserName(String userName) {
    UtilityClass.userName = userName;
}