Inject files as list of resources using wildcard by annotations in Spring

Question

I have a class which I use as a spring bean. The bean is defined in the applicationContext.xml like:

Answer 1

For application.properties (yml) approach:

someFiles=file:/some/path/*.someExtension

Answer 2

Try the following, if you're willing to use an array instead of a List:

@Value("classpath*:../../cssDir/*.css")
private Resource[] cssFiles;