Evaluating spring @value annotation as primitive boolean

Question

I have a spring @configuration annotated class MappingsClientConfig with a boolean field as:

 @Value(\"${mappings.enabled:true}\")
    private boolean mappi         


        

Answer 1

Its an old thread but if you still want to inject Non-String values using @Value Spring annotation, do this:

@Value("#{new Boolean('${item.priceFactor}')}")
private Boolean itemFactorBoolean;

@Value("#{new Integer('${item.priceFactor}')}")
private Integer itemFactorInteger;

Works for me on Spring boot 1.5.9 with Java 8.