Use a MessageSource for Configuration Properties??

[jonjack]

I have a number of property files in an application and Im planning to use a MessageSource to retrieve them in my application.

Can anyone see any problems with using a MessageSource to manage all property files in an application whether they contain content strings, configuration or otherwise??

[Enrico Pizzi]

You should use MessageSource only for i18n purposes as it's for what it was designed in the first place. To load your external configuration, use PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer.

[jonjack]

Thanks for the thought Enrico.

I have a couple of configuration properties that are used all over the application and I dont really want to inject them into every bean that might refer to them though.

Im after something like Reloadable MessageSource but for configuration properties.