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B. TIger
B. TIger

Reputation: 560

applicationContext.xml not reading servletContext.contextPath

Im trying to read a properties file from an external location and I am trynig to use the contextPath name as the file's names beacuse I will run multiple instances of the app on he same server. I'm currently using SpringFramework 3.1.4

<context:property-placeholder location="file:/configFolder/#{servletContext.contextPath}.properties" />

the file name ends up being /configFolder/#{servletContext.contextPath}.properties It does not replace the variable is there another way to get this value?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1124

Answers (2)

Luiggi Mendoza
Luiggi Mendoza

Reputation: 85779

#{servletContext.contextPath} is a variable only known in JSP and Facelets through Expression Language. This won't work in Spring. You should put your configuration file inside a resource folder in your jar and retrieve it from there instead.

You state that this worked in other projects but that was because Spring supported a variable called servletContext (which IMO is wrong). Looks like Spring MVC 3.2 doesn't support this anymore, as explained here: Resolving servletContext.contextPath Expression in Spring 3.2.

Upvotes: 2

Leidson Melo
Leidson Melo

Reputation: 36

Try:

<bean id="propertyConfigurer" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
    <property name="location" value="file:/config/#{servletContext.contextPath}.properties" />
</bean>

Upvotes: 2

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