Spring .properties file: get element as an Array

Question

I\'m loading properties attributes from a .properties file using Spring as follows:

file: elements.properties
base.module.elementToSearch=1
base         


        

Answer 1

Here is an example of how you can do it in Spring 4.0+

application.properties content:

some.key=yes,no,cancel

Java Code:

@Autowire
private Environment env;

...

String[] springRocks = env.getProperty("some.key", String[].class);