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How to load Application.properties file dynamically based on Profile in Spring MVC?

Hi I am learning Spring MVC and I want to know How to load application.properties file dynamically.
I am adding HibernateConfig.java file and AppConfig.java file. I want to load application properties file dynamically using profiles. For Example: dev, test, prod. I have tried to use dynamic name application-{profile}.properties and also tried profile annotation. but not able to understand how they are actually working. I have created a different application.properties files.
application-dev
application-test
application-prod
This property file contains my DB related data. but I don't know how to set profile and how to load PropertySource based on a profile.
I have set the active profile in my appConfig file. Please help me in understanding how to configure profile and application.properties using spring MVC Java-based configuration. I have searched and found many solutions for XML based configuration but I haven't found any proper answer for java based configuration.
HibernateConfig.java
#Configuration
#EnableTransactionManagement
#ComponentScan({"com.project.configuration"})
#PropertySource(value = {"classpath:application.properties"})
public class HibernateConfiguration {
#Autowired
private Environment env;
#Bean
public LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory(){
return sessionFactory;
}
#Bean
public DataSource dataSource(){
/* loading DB */
return dataSource;
}
#Bean
public Properties hibernateProperties(){
}
}
AppConfig.java
#Override
public void onStartup(ServletContext servletContext) throws ServletException
{
super.onStartup(servletContext);
servletContext.setInitParameter("spring.profiles.active", "dev");
}

I think you cant set this parameter at that time, its already too late. You have to start the app with specified profile (or set it in bootstrap file) . You can pass it as an argument or place it in:
application.properities
Under key: spring.profiles.active
When you set this to 'dev' it will read main application.properities and then the profile one. More about how to set it:
https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/boot-features-profiles.html

Spring (not boot) load multiple yml files from multiple projects

So I have read dosens af articles on how to configure Spring boot to be aware of more yml files than application.yml and how to include these - even from subprojects. It is however hard to come by articles describing the same for "pure" Spring. I think however that i'm heading in the right direction I just can't get my configuration values back.
It's a straight forward multi-project gradle build with - for simplicity - two projects. One project is the "main" spring project - ie. Spring Context is initialized in this project. The other is a "support" module with some database entities and datasource configuration. We use annotation based configuration.
I would like to be able to define a set of configuration properties in the support module and based on whatever spring profile is active, the datasource configuration is loaded accordingly.
This SA post got me quite far following the different links in the different answers and composing my solution from this. The structure and code is as follows:
mainproject
src
main
groovy
Application.groovy
resourcers
application.yml
submodule
src
main
groovy
PropertiesConfiguration.groovy
DataSource.groovy
resources
datasource.yml
The PropertiesConfiguration.groovy adds the datasource.yml by using PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer:
#Configuration
class PropertiesConfiguration {
#Bean
public PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer configure() {
PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer configurer = new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer()
YamlPropertiesFactoryBean yamlPropertiesFactoryBean = new YamlPropertiesFactoryBean()
yamlPropertiesFactoryBean.setResources(new ClassPathResource("datasource.yml"))
configurer.setProperties(yamlPropertiesFactoryBean.getObject())
return configurer
}
}
The Datasource.groovy should then read values based on the spring profile using (code reduced for readability):
#Autowired
Environment env
datasource.username = env.getProperty("datasource.username")
The env.getProperty returns null. No matter what spring profile is active. I can access the configuration value using the #Value annotation, however then the active profile is not respected and it return a value even if it is not defined for that profile. My yml looks (something) like this:
---
spring:
profiles: development
datasource:
username: sa
password:
databaseUrl: jdbc:h2:mem:tests
databaseDriver: org.h2.Driver
I can from Application.groovy inspect my ApplicationContext using a debugger and confirm that my PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer exist and the values are loaded. Inspecting applicationContext.environment.propertySources it is NOT there.
What am I missing?

Using a PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer does not add properties to Environment. Using something like #PropertySource("classpath:something.properties") on the class level of your configuration class will add properties to Environment, but sadly this does not work with yaml-files.
So, you would have to manually add the properties read from the yaml file to your Environment. Here is one way to do this:
#Bean
public PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer config(final ConfigurableEnvironment confenv) {
final PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer configurer = new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer();
final YamlPropertiesFactoryBean yamlProperties = new YamlPropertiesFactoryBean();
yamlProperties.setResources(new ClassPathResource("datasource.yml"));
configurer.setProperties(yamlProperties.getObject());
confenv.getPropertySources().addFirst(new PropertiesPropertySource("datasource", yamlProperties.getObject()));
return configurer;
}
With this code, you can inject properties in either of these two fashions:
#RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
#ContextConfiguration(classes = PropertiesConfiguration.class)
public class ConfigTest {
#Autowired
private Environment environment;
#Value("${datasource.username}")
private String username;
#Test
public void props() {
System.out.println(environment.getProperty("datasource.username"));
System.out.println(username);
}
}
With the properties supplied in the question, this will print "sa" two times.
Edit: It doesn't seem that the PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer is actually needed now, so the code can be simplified to the below and still produce the same output.
#Autowired
public void config(final ConfigurableEnvironment confenv) {
final YamlPropertiesFactoryBean yamlProperties = new YamlPropertiesFactoryBean();
yamlProperties.setResources(new ClassPathResource("datasource.yml"));
confenv.getPropertySources().addFirst(new PropertiesPropertySource("datasource", yamlProperties.getObject()));
}
Edit 2:
I see now that you are looking to use the yaml-file with multiple documents in one file, and Spring boot-style selection by profile. It does not seem to be possible using regular Spring. So I think you have to split your yaml files into several, named "datasource-{profile}.yml". Then, this should work (perhaps with some more advanced checking for multiple profiles, etc)
#Autowired
public void config(final ConfigurableEnvironment confenv) {
final YamlPropertiesFactoryBean yamlProperties = new YamlPropertiesFactoryBean();
yamlProperties.setResources(new ClassPathResource("datasource-" + confenv.getActiveProfiles()[0] + ".yml"));
confenv.getPropertySources().addFirst(new PropertiesPropertySource("datasource", yamlProperties.getObject()));
}
Edit 3:
It could also be possible to use functionality from Spring boot without doing a full conversion of your project (I haven't actually tried it on a real project though). By adding a dependency to org.springframework.boot:spring-boot:1.5.9.RELEASE I was able to get it working with the single datasource.yml and multiple profiles, like this:
#Autowired
public void config (final ConfigurableEnvironment confenv) {
final YamlPropertySourceLoader yamlPropertySourceLoader = new YamlPropertySourceLoader();
try {
final PropertySource<?> datasource =
yamlPropertySourceLoader.load("datasource",
new ClassPathResource("datasource.yml"),
confenv.getActiveProfiles()[0]);
confenv.getPropertySources().addFirst(datasource);
} catch (final IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("Failed to load datasource properties", e);
}
}

How to load a properties file based on the server environment with spring so that the values can be injected?

To my surprise I have had a difficult time finding an answer to this question. I have Seen many examples where you can use #PropertySource to load a specific properties file for a class. I have also seen examples where you can easily add different property files in spring boot projects. But what I want to do is to do this for a spring project that is NOT spring boot and load a properties file so that the values of this file can be injected in classes annotated with #Component which is dependent on the server environment. So for example if I am on development server I want a particular properties file loaded and on production a different properties file. The reason that I am doing it like this is because my data and service layers are their own modules. These modules contain their own unit tests and can be imported as their own modules in other spring boot projects. I need properties files to be loaded to serve these modules which use spring but not spring boot. I have tried the following, but this does not work.
#Configuration
#Profile("test")
#EnableJpaRepositories("com.hi.repository")
#EnableTransactionManagement
#EnableScheduling
public class InfrastructureConfig {
...
#Bean
public static PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer placeHolderConfigurer() {
PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer configurer = new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer();
Map<String, String> env = System.getenv();
String propertiesFile=null;
String e = env.get("SERVER_ENV");
if (e.equals("dev")) {
propertiesFile = "environment/development.properties";
} else if (e.equals("prod")) {
propertiesFile = "environment/production.properties";
}
configurer.setLocation(new ClassPathResource(propertiesFile));
return configurer;
}
Then I have a test which looks like this
#RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
#ContextConfiguration(locations = {"classpath:/spring/DealServiceTest-context.xml"})
#ActiveProfiles("test")
public class LogTest {
private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(LogTest.class);
#Autowired
PathsService pathsService;
#Autowired
Environment environment;
#Test
public void testBeans(){
System.out.println("********** WASSUP from LogTest");
System.out.println(environment.getProperty("imageBucket"));
}
Although the test prints out null which indicates to me the properties file has not been loaded and prepared for its values to be injected. How can I achieve this?

You don't really need to set properties yourself, but you can do this using spring configuration. Check the documentation: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/boot-features-external-config.html#boot-features-external-config-profile-specific-properties
If you're using spring boot - all you need to do is create multiple properties file for your environments. And only for properties you need to override.
So your main properties file would be at
src/main/resources/application.properties
Production
src/main/resources/application-prod.properties
Development
src/main/resources/application-dev.properties
Testing
src/main/resources/application-test.properties
And then just use the profile name as your environment variable
java -jar -Dspring.profiles.active=prod demo-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

Actually, you can just use a placeholder in #PropertySource annotation.
See documentation:
Any ${...} placeholders present in a #PropertySource resource location will be resolved against the set of property sources already registered against the environment.
Assuming that placeholder is present in one of the property sources already registered, e.g. system properties or environment variables, the placeholder will be resolved to the corresponding value.
I've made a simple example, it receives a 'property.environment' value to choose, which .properties file should be used as property source. I have two resource files in my classpath - application-test.properties and application-dev.properties, each one contains a 'test.property' value ('test-env' and 'dev-env' respectively).
Property configuration:
#Configuration
#PropertySource("classpath:/config/application-${property.environment}.properties")
public class PropertyConfig {
#Bean
public static PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer propertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer() {
PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer propertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer = new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer();
return propertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer;
}
}
Component with #Value
#Component
public class TestService {
#Value("${test.property}")
String testProperty;
#PostConstruct
void init() {
System.out.println("---------------------------------------------------------");
System.out.println("Running in " + testProperty + " environment");
System.out.println("---------------------------------------------------------");
}
}
Build command line example (it runs tests with test environment properties)
mvn clean install -DargLine="-Dproperty.environment=test"
Output
---------------------------------------------------------
Running in test-env environment
---------------------------------------------------------
Run command line example
java -jar -Dproperty.environment=dev PATH_TO_YOUR_JAR.jar
Output
---------------------------------------------------------
Running in dev-env environment
---------------------------------------------------------

Don't hard code based on different environment, in spring boot you can able to maintain properties specific environment easily. Refer https://spapas.github.io/2016/03/31/spring-boot-settings/

I would try to take advantage of the profile mechanism already in place in Spring. You basically have done the job yourself already, the only thing you need to change is to have different configurations for "test" and "production" profiles. I prefer to keep everything related to test away from production code (allowing me to place the TestConfig class below in the test source path), so I would probably do something like this:
#Configuration
#Profile("!test")
#PropertySource(value = "classpath:/environment/production.properties")
#Import(AppConfig.class)
public class ProductionConfig
{
// Your production-specific config goes here
}
#Configuration
#Profile("test")
#PropertySource(value = "classpath:/environment/development.properties")
#Import(AppConfig.class)
public class TestConfig
{
// Your test-specific config goes here
}
#Configuration
public class AppConfig
{
// Needed for spring to handle ${property:default} syntax
#Bean
public static PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer propertyConfigIn() {
return new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer();
}
}
If you prefer to have one config for both cases, you can let the AppConfig import the TestConfig and the ProductionConfig instead, but that will put test code in to production...
Good luck with your project!

Find message in mulitple properties files

In an application ther are multiple properties file for managing exception messages , alerts , and some others text these file like this :
- core-message.properties
- databaseException.properties
......
in Service layer maybe a database call occure and the database return a key that exist in one the properties files , and i want get the value and raise the exception messsage to user interface layer .
if i know that the key in wich properties file the code will be like this :
#Value("#{core['theExceptionKey']}")
public String excpetionMessage;
private void myMethod() {
throw new ExceptionClass(exceptionMessage);
}
i think spring can do that because when i use spring:message tag in jsp files spring does not know the key in witch file but it load the message correctly.

You can use Spring Environment abstraction for that.
First you need to add Property Source to your Java Configuration file
#Configuration
#PropertySource("classpath:/com/mypacakge/core-message.properties")
public class AppConfig {
Or if you have multiple properties files
#Configuration
#PropertySources({
#PropertySource("classpath:core-message.properties"),
#PropertySource("classpath:database.properties")
})
public class AppConfig {
Add PropertySourceConfigurer to to your Java Configuration file
#Bean
public static PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer placeHolderConfigurer() {
return new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer();
}
Now let's say that in your core-message.properties you have the following data
message.name=Hello
You can retrieve this data in any bean by autowiring Environment abstraction and then calling env.getProperty()
#Autowired
Environment env;
public void m1(){
String message = env.getProperty("message.name")` // will return Hello
Environment object provides interface to configure property sources and resolve properties. It provides convenience to read from a variety of sources: properties files, system environment variable, JVM system properties, servlet context parameters, and so on, which is very useful. For example :
environment.getSystemProperties().put("message", "Hello");
System.getProperties().put("message", "Hello");
environment.getSystemProperties().get("message"); // retrieve property
environment.getPropertySources() // allows manipulation of Properties objects
Spring Reference Documentation - Environment

To get the value of the key programmatically you can use the following:
#Autowired
private Environment env;
...
String something = env.getProperty("property.key.something");

Spring configuration

Let's say we have a bean definition in spring configuration
<bean id="scanningIMAPClient" class="com.acme.email.incoming.ScanningIMAPClient" />
What I really want is the scanningIMAPClient to be of type com.acme.email.incoming.GenericIMAPClient if the configured email server is a normal IMAP server and com.acme.email.incoming.GmailIMAPClient incase it is a GMAIL server, (since gmail behaves in slightly different way) GmailIMAPClient is a subclass of GenericIMAPClient.
How can I accomplish that in spring configuration?
There is a properties file which contains configuration of the email server.

It's simple with Java configuration:
#Value("${serverAddress}")
private String serverAddress;
#Bean
public GenericIMAPClient scanningIMAPClient() {
if(serverAddress.equals("gmail.com"))
return new GmailIMAPClient();
else
return new GenericIMAPClient();
}
You can emulate this behaviour with custom FactoryBean.

You can use programatic configuration:
#Configuration
public class AppConfig {
#Bean(name="scanningIMAPClient")
public GenericIMAPClient helloWorld() {
...check config and return desired type
}
}
More info here.