How do I get a property value from an ApplicationContext object? (not using an annotation)

Question

If I have:

@Autowired private ApplicationContext ctx;

I can get beans and resources by using one of the the getBean methods. However, I can

Answer 1

In the case where SPeL expression needs to be dynamic, get the property value manually:

somePropValue = ctx.getEnvironment().getProperty("someProp");