Spring properties file as xml

Question

I have properties file config.properties where are stored some application wide properties. And I have imported it using property placeholder:

Answer 1

In addition to the other answer here, I have also seen xml properties loaded directly as named properties files:

The spring file contains:

This can then be accessed via springs expression language as:

"#{myXmlProps['key1']}"

And injected into Strings in classes with:

@Value("#{myXmlProps['key1']}")
private String aValueForKey1;