read file in classpath

Question

Here is what I want to do and I am wondering if there is any Spring classes that will help with implementing. I don\'t have to use spring for this particular problem, I\'m

Answer 1

Try getting Spring to inject it, assuming you're using Spring as a dependency-injection framework.

In your class, do something like this:

public void setSqlResource(Resource sqlResource) {
    this.sqlResource = sqlResource;
}

And then in your application context file, in the bean definition, just set a property:

And Spring should be clever enough to load up the file from the classpath and give it to your bean as a resource.

You could also look into PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer, and store all your SQL in property files and just inject each one separately where needed. There are lots of options.