Can I set null as the default value for a @Value in Spring?

Question

I\'m currently using the @Value Spring 3.1.x annotation like this:

@Value(\"${stuff.value:}\")
private String value;

This puts an empty Str

Answer 1

Thanks to @vorburger:

@Value("${email.protocol:#{null}}")
String protocol;

will set the string value at null without any other configurations.