Is there a way to specify a default property value in Spring XML?

Question

We are using a PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer to use java properties in our Spring configuration (details here)

eg:

Answer 1

   ${my.server.port:8088}

should work for you to have 8088 as default port

See also: http://blog.callistaenterprise.se/2011/11/17/configure-your-spring-web-application/