setting props for a properties file

[mariuss]

Hi,

I was wondering if it is possible to set a variable list of properties on a bean, this list would come from an external properties file.

What I was hoping to find was something like:
<bean id="someBean" class="...">
<property name="manyProps">
<props file="external.properties"/>
</property>
</bean>

Also, it would be nice if you could specify that the external properties file is at a relative location or on the class path.

This not being possible, are there any other solutions to this problem?

Thanks,
Marius

[wpoitras]

Use a org.springframework.beans.factory.config.Propertie sFactoryBean. You set the location property with the name of the file.

[mariuss]

That worked, thanks!

<bean id="someBean" class="...">
<property name="manyProps">
<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.Pr opertiesFactoryBean">
<property name="location"><value>classpath:external.properti es</value></property>
</bean>
</property>
</bean>