How to add Properties to an Application Context

Question

I have a Standalone Application, this application calculates a value (Property) and then starts a Spring Context. My question is how can I add that calculated property to th

Answer 1

If You are controlling the creation of ApplicationContext as in Your example than You can always add a BeanRegistryPostProcessor to add a second PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer into the context. It should have ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders="true" and order="1" and resolve only the custom calculated properties using the Properties object. All other properties should be resolved by the PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer from the XML that should have order="2".