Spring Integration - Externalizing JDBC Queries

Question

Is there a simple way to externalize big sql queries from jdbc outbound gateways, instead of inlining it? The reason being that we\'re having to many big queries to make, an

Answer 1

You can define your queries in XML as spring beans:

Using CDATA the query text can include newlines, angle brackets, etc., so it's legible and you can cut and paste it directly into a SQL tool.

You can refer to the bean using SpEL.