How can I directly access util:properties in JSP?

[saim]

I have defined in applicationContext.xml

<util:properties id="myProperties" location="classpath:myProps.properties"></util:properties>

I'd now like to directly access the properties loaded in a JSP.
Note: I don't want them to be set using @Value in a DTO/Form.

For Ex., in my JSP I'll write

<a href="${myProperties['WEB_CLIENT_URL']}" target="_blank">test
</a>

The problem is the property value is not shown in the JSP because it is not accessible. Am I missing something here?

I saw another blog

http://j2eecookbook.blogspot.com/200...ia-spring.html

Since that blog was written in 2007, I expected this feature to be in Spring 3.0.x.

[saketh]

Were you able to resolve this? I need to read properties in my jsp and looking for a solution.

[Enrico Pizzi]

Right solution is of course to use mvc principles. Inject the properties in variables of your controller using the @Value annotation, then in the @RequestMapping methods use those variables to populate the model. In jsp, access the model using standard jstl.

[saketh]

Thanks. But this just is a traditional jsp with no Action class like a header.jsp and also I am using Spring 2.5.6.

[Enrico Pizzi]

You're using Spring but no mvc framework? I strongly suggest using at least basic Spring mvc controllers!
Anyway, you can still populate the model "the old way" by calling request.setAttribute() or adding "?param=value" to the request url...and, Spring 2.5 has no support yet for the @Value annotation but you still can define the bean in xml and inject values using placeholders.