Having spring bean properties refreshed automatically from properties file

Question

I\'m using Spring 2.5.6. I have a bean whose properties are being assign from a property file via a PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer. I\'m wondering whether its possible to ha

Answer 1

Might also look into useing Spring's PropertyOverrideConfigurer. Could re-read the properties and re-apply it in some polling/schedular bean.

It does depend on how the actual configured beans use these properties. They might, for example, indirectly cache them somewhere themself.