Reading Value from application.properties

Question

I am not familiar with Java Spring. I am trying to fix a small bug in a Spring Boot code another developer has written. I can't seem to find a proper way to read a value I newly defined in application.properties. However, the code uses other values defined in application.properties; only that, even if I use the same syntax the other developer has used, still I can't read the value.

Here's what I've already tried:

read from environment:

import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;

public class MyClass {
    String myVar;

    public MyClass(String a, boolean b, Environment environment) {
         this.myVar = environment.getProperty("property.to.read");
    }

}

@Value

@Autowired
public class MyClass {
    String myVar;

    public MyClass(String a, boolean b, @Value("${property.to.read}") String c) {
         this.myVar = c;
    }

}

On both these occasions, myVar end up reporting null. Is there another configuration like an XML entry I need to add to get this to work? I have no Spring knowledge (I am not an experienced Java developer also, only trying to fix a bug in the code).

Answer 1

Try to Autowire the Environment and then fetch the property. I have just extended your example by adding the @Autowired dependency.

import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;

public class MyClass {
    String myVar;

@Autowired
private Environment env;

    public CalibrateJob(String a, boolean b) {
         this.myVar = env.getProperty("property.to.read");
    }

}

Answer 2

Maybe you can try to declare the value like this. The "resource.path" is the key value inside the application.properties.

   @Value("${resource.path}")
        private String resourcePath;