PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer doesnt load properties with applicationContext

[regis.dev]

Hi,

I try to use the PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer.postProcessBeanFacto ry() method, but it doesn't seems to work with the properties object setProperties().

PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer configurer = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
AbstractApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("applicationContext.xml");

ResourceLoader resourceLoader = new DefaultResourceLoader();
Resource resource = resourceLoader.getResource("classpath:default.properties");
Properties properties = new Properties();
prop.load(resource.getInputStream());

configurer.setProperties(properties);

configurer.postProcessBeanFactory(context.getBeanFactory());

In my log nothing appear....

But if i use the setLocation() it works

PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer configurer = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
AbstractApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("applicationContext.xml");

ResourceLoader resourceLoader = new DefaultResourceLoader();
Resource resource = resourceLoader.getResource("classpath:default.properties");
configurer.setLocation(resource);

configurer.postProcessBeanFactory(context.getBeanFactory());

18:19:40,129 INFO PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer:174 - Loading properties file from class path resource [default.properties]

Somebody have noticed that before - It is a bug ?
I use spring 2.5

I really need an applicationContext class for the shutdownHook(), i cannot use the XmlBeanFactory (i use the properties object and it works).

if i use the XMLBeanFactory with setProperties() it's working :

PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer configurer = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
factory = new XmlBeanFactory(new ClassPathResource(applicationContextFile));

ResourceLoader resourceLoader = new DefaultResourceLoader();
Resource resource = resourceLoader.getResource("classpath:default.properties");
Properties properties = new Properties();
prop.load(resource.getInputStream());

configurer.setProperties(properties);

configurer.postProcessBeanFactory(factory);

[Jörg Heinicke]

You don't want to STORE the properties to the file but LOAD them from the file.

Joerg

[regis.dev]

thanks for the answer but it was a bad copy/paste sample, but i still have the error,
i update my code, in this case it should work i really don't understand.

If somebody have a clue i will really appreciate.

[regis.dev]

I found the solution

Replace

configurer.postProcessBeanFactory(context.getBeanFactory());

By

context.addBeanFactoryPostProcessor(configurer);
context.refresh();

[regis.dev]

I found another solution if you want to keep

configurer.postProcessBeanFactory(context.getBeanFactory());

put in your applicationContext.xml

<beans ... default-lazy-init="true">
...
</beans>

[spcmdr]

Here is an example of code

PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer configurer = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
configurer.setLocation(new ClassPathResource("context.properties"));

ClassPathXmlApplicationContext applicationContext = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(new String[]{"applicationContext.xml"}, false);
applicationContext.addBeanFactoryPostProcessor(configurer);
applicationContext.refresh();