Unable to load properties file in spring batch admin application

[Bhuvana]

Hi,

I deployed Spring batch admin web application in tomcat. It works fine with the default jobs provided. I added a new xml file with my jobs and some of the beans specified in the XML have placeholders configured. I am using the following code to load the properties file

<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.Pr opertyPlaceholderConfigurer" id="ocaPlaceholderConfig">
<property name="location" value="file:/Projects/GHJ/POC/Spring-batch/config/environment_ghj.properties"></property>
<property name="ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders" value="true" />
</bean>

The property file doesnt seem to get loaded at all. I get an error while loading the beans which have the placeholders saying "Could not resolve placeholder 'sys.queue.name'". I dont see any log saying that the property file is getting loaded.

But I see that the property file required to load the HSQL database is getting loaded without any issues(batch-hsql.properties).

Are there any filters configured in the spring batch admin application to only load a specific set of properties file?

Appreciate your help on this.

[Dave Syer]

Maybe you need to add an order property (low number) to force your placeholders to be loaded first?

[Bhuvana]

Thanks for your response Dave!

In env-context.xml the load order is set to 1. I am not sure if we can set anything less than that value.

I guess the issue is with ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders property for a PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer. I set the ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders property of the PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer in env-context.xml to true and I could get my property file loaded successfully.

[hetti]

Thanks for the post. I ran into the exact issue and i had to do what you did. Should this property be set to true by default so that the child context will load without any issue?