Spring wiring using remote service for properties?

[swebb99]

I'm not sure if this is possible but I'll ask the question anyway.

I currently have several services which are all wired up and working and make use of property files defining URLs, various strings and so on ... What I now want to do is create a configuration service that holds all of these properties centrally and offers an interface to allow remote requests for properties. Is it possible to keep the same basic wiring structure but instead of the spring container getting the properties from a local properties file on the server get them from a remote service ?

Thanks

Steve

[Marten Deinum]

Not by default... However for spring it doesn't matter where the properties come from as long as it is a java.util.Properties object you can simply inject them into the placeholder-configurer. So if you create a FactoryBean which simply pulls the properties from the service you mention you are basically good to go.

[swebb99]

Ah thanks for that, I'll have a read around now I have a line of enquiry to follow