Spring Data MongoDB Repository with custom collection name

Question

I am using Spring Data for MongoDB and I need to be able to configure collection at runtime.

My repository is defined as:

@Repository
public interfac         


        

Answer 1

So, at the end, here is a work around that did the trick. I guess I really don't know how to access data from Spring Properties Configurer using the SPeL expressions.

In my @Configuration class:

@Value("${mongo.event.collection}")
private String
    mongoEventCollectionName;

@Bean
public String mongoEventCollectionName() {
    return
        mongoEventCollectionName;
}

On my Document:

@Document(collection = "#{mongoEventCollectionName}")

This, appears to work and properly pick up the name configured in my .properties file, however, I am still not sure why I could not just access the value with $ as I do in the @Value annotation.