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Reputation: 1681

@PropertySource cannot be opened because it does not exist

I have the problem with configuration file that is located in other directory than my jar file.

I use @PropertySource for loading properties.

@PropertySource(ignoreResourceNotFound = true, value = "${ext.properties.dir:classpath:}/properties.properties")

I try to run jar using following command:

java -jar import-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar -Dext.properties.dir=file:/C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\

The following error pring in logs: Properties location

Properties location [${ext.properties.dir:classpath:}/properties.properties] not resolvable: class path resource [properties.properties] cannot be opened because it does not exist

How can I fix this error?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5315

Answers (2)

Abhijit Sarkar
Abhijit Sarkar

Reputation: 24568

Spring Boot looks for application.properties on classpath. You don't need an explicit @PropertySource annotation. And @PropertySource doesn't have the capability to resolve SPEL in the path, which should be evident from the error message you're getting.

Use src/main/resources/application.properties. When you want to use the external file, use spring.config.location like @juan-calvopina-m suggested in his answer.

Upvotes: 0

JUAN CALVOPINA M
JUAN CALVOPINA M

Reputation: 3965

I saw that you are using spring boot application, according to the spring documentation you can try to use this environment property:

--spring.config.location=file:/path/location/file-name.properties

The final instruction would be:

java -jar import-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar --spring.config.location=file:C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\import.properties

Upvotes: 1

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