Spring Boot @Value Properties

Question

I have a Spring Boot application and in one of the classes, I try to reference a property from the application.properties file using @Value. But, the property d

Answer 1

I had the similar issue and the above examples doesn't help me to read properties. I have posted the complete class which will help you to read properties values from application.properties file in SpringBoot application in the below link.

Spring Boot - Environment @Autowired throws NullPointerException

Answer 2

Make sure your application.properties file is under src/main/resources/application.properties. Is one way to go. Then add @PostConstruct as follows

Sample Application.properties

file.directory = somePlaceOverHere

Sample Java Class

@ComponentScan
public class PrintProperty {

  @Value("${file.directory}")
  private String fileDirectory;

  @PostConstruct
  public void print() {
    System.out.println(fileDirectory);
  }
}

Code above will print out "somePlaceOverhere"