Could not resolve placeholder in string value

Question

I am trying to use properties from a .properties file, but it doesn\'t seem to work.

Here is my code:

@Service(\"ServiceFTP\")
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Answer 1

In your configuration you have 2 PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer instances.

applicationContext.xml

<bean class="org.springframework.context.support.PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer">
    <property name="environment">
        <bean class="org.springframework.web.context.support.StandardServletEnvironment"/>
    </property>
</bean>

infraContext.xml

<context:property-placeholder location="classpath:context-core.properties"/>

By default a PlaceholderConfigurer is going to fail-fast, so if a placeholder cannot be resolved it will throw an exception. The instance from the applicationContext.xml file has no properties and as such will fail on all placeholders.

Solution: Remove the one from applicationContext.xml as it doesn't add anything it only breaks things.

Answer 2

This error appears because the spring project doesn't read the file properties (bootstrap.yml or application.yml). In order to resolve this, you must add dependency in your pom.xml

   <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-cloud-context</artifactId>
    </dependency>

Answer 3

With Spring Boot :

In the pom.xml

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <configuration>
                <addResources>true</addResources>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

Example in class Java

@Configuration
@Slf4j
public class MyAppConfig {
    @Value("${foo}")
    private String foo;
    @Value("${bar}")
    private String bar;
    @Bean("foo")
    public String foo() {
        log.info("foo={}", foo);
        return foo;
    }
    @Bean("bar")
    public String bar() {
        log.info("bar={}", bar);
        return bar;
    }
    [ ... ]

In the properties files :

src/main/resources/application.properties

foo=all-env-foo

src/main/resources/application-rec.properties

bar=rec-bar

src/main/resources/application-prod.properties

bar=prod-bar

In the VM arguments of Application.java

-Dspring.profiles.active=[rec|prod]

Don't forget to run mvn command after modifying the properties !

mvn clean package -Dmaven.test.skip=true

In the log file for -Dspring.profiles.active=rec :

The following profiles are active: rec
foo=all-env-foo
bar=rec-bar

In the log file for -Dspring.profiles.active=prod :

The following profiles are active: prod
foo=all-env-foo
bar=prod-bar

In the log file for -Dspring.profiles.active=local :

Could not resolve placeholder 'bar' in value "${bar}"

Oups, I forget to create application-local.properties.

Answer 4

I had the same problem, resolved it by adding

<filtering>true</filtering> 

in pom.xml :

before (didn't work):

<build>
    <resources>
        <resource>
            <directory>src/main/resources</directory>               
        </resource>
    </resources>
</build>

after(it worked):

<build>
    <resources>
        <resource>
            <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
            <filtering>true</filtering>
        </resource>
    </resources>
</build>

After that you just run mvn clean install and deploy application.

Answer 5

I got same error in my Micro-service, whenever you declare @Value annotation in program i.e @Value("${project.api.key}")

make sure that your application.properties file with same values should not be blank project.api.key= add some values

MostIMP :otherwise it will throw error "Error creating bean with name 'ServiceFTP': Injection of autowired dependencies"