How do I define a String property as an inner bean value

[muzzamo]

Hi all,

The RmiProxyFactoryBean expects a String property for its serviceUrl. My problem is that I will not know this until another bean has been instantiated.

The bit in bold I know doesn't work, but I'm wondering what should i put in there to reference the String property of my bean as an inner bean?

Thanks

<bean id="remoteCommunicationService" class="org.springframework.remoting.rmi.RmiProxyFactoryBean">
  
        <property name="serviceUrl">
            <value>networkService.serviceURL</value>
        </property>
	<property name="serviceInterface" value="foo.bar.CommunicationService"/>

</bean>

  <bean id="networkService" class="foo.bar.NetworkService">
         
    </bean>

public class NetworkService{
private String serviceURL;
public String getServiceURL()
{
return serviceURL;
}

public void setServiceURL(String s)
{
serviceURL = s;
}

}

[Andreas Senft]

Have a look at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyP athFactoryBean. This should do what you want to achive. In the Javadoc for this class a usage example is provided.

Regards,
Andreas

[muzzamo]

I will do.. thanks for your quick reply.

[muzzamo]

ok for future reference the solution to my problem was to add:

 <bean id="networkService.serviceURL" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPathFactoryBean"/>

to my applicationContext.xml.

Thanks again.

[Rick Evans]

This might also be of interest if you are using Spring 2.0...

http://static.springframework.org/sp...-property-path

Cheers
Rick