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Question

I\'m fairly new to spring so excuse me if this is a dumb question. When I try to launch a program I get the following error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Could

Answer 1

If your config file is in a different path than classpath, you can add the configuration file path as a system property:

java -Dapp.config.path=path_to_config_file -jar your.jar

Answer 2

My solution was to add a space between the $ and the {.

For example:

@Value("${appclient.port:}")

becomes

@Value("$ {appclient.port:}")