One PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer across multiple contexts

[jmakeig]

I've got several debug flags (properties) that I've consolidated into one properties file. I'd like to use the PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer to replace these properties regardless of which *Context.xml or *-servlet.xml file in which they exist.
If I declare the bean

<bean id="propertyOverrideConfigurer" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer" lazy-init="false">
        <property name="location">
            <value>WEB-INF/placeholder.properties</value>
        </property>
        <property name="order"><value>1</value></property>
    </bean>

in the applicationContext.xml, app-servlet.xml doesn't know how to replace the placeholders. However, if I declare the same PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer bean in app-servlet.xml, it works fine.
I know I'm missing something dumb. Any help would be much appreciated.

- Justin

[irbouho]

You must configure one PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer for applicationContext.xml and another for app-servlet.xml.
HTH