Configuring catalog items through manifest.yml file - spring-boot

Question

Using spring-cloud-cloudfoundry-service-broker we developed a service broker.
Initially we defined catalog items within application.yml file which gets bundled inside jar and this all works great.
Instead of bundling catalog items within jar file, we thought of supplying through manifest.yml file while pushing the service to cloud foundry.
But unfortunately application is not getting the catalog items specified in manigest.yml file. Could you please let us know how do we supply catalog items through manifest.yml file?
I have copied my code snippet here.
CatalogConfig.java
#ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "catalog")
#Component
public class CatalogConfig {
private List<ServiceDefinitionProxy> services;
public CatalogConfig() {
super();
}
#Bean
Catalog catalog() {
return new Catalog(services.stream().map(s -> s.unproxy())
.collect(Collectors.toList()));
}
public CatalogConfig(List<ServiceDefinitionProxy> services) {
super();
this.services = services;
}
public List<ServiceDefinitionProxy> getServices() {
return services;
}
public void setServices(List<ServiceDefinitionProxy> services) {
this.services = services;
}
public ServiceDefinitionProxy findServiceDefinition(String serviceId) {
return services.stream().filter(s -> s.getId().equals(serviceId))
.findFirst().get();
}
}
Manifest.yml
---
applications:
- name: my-service-broker
memory: 512M
instances: 1
host: my-service-broker
path: target/my-service-broker-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
env:
SPRING_PROFILES_DEFAULT: cloud
catalog:
services:
- id: f1478faa-d980-11e5-b5d2-0a1d41d68578
name: api-marketpace
description: API Marketplace
bindable: true
planUpdatable: true
head-type: api
tags:
- api
- Manage API Marketplace
metadata:
displayName: API Marketplace
imageUrl: https://my-service-broker.cf.com/images/logo.PNG
longDescription: API Marketplace.
providerDisplayName: API Team
documentationUrl: https://wikihub.com/display/ASC/Training
supportUrl: https://wikihub.com/display/ASC/Training
plans:
- id: f1478faa-d980-11e5-b5d2-0a1d41d68579
name: unlimited
description: free
metadata:
costs:
- amount:
usd: 0.00
unit: PER MONTH
bullets:
- Basic Unlimited
dashboardClient:
id: api-marketpace
secret: secret
redirectUrl: https://api.cf.com/

Answer 1

That won't work.
The manifest.yml file is used exclusively by the cf CLI to provide options when pushing apps to CF. Deployed applications never see this file or any of its contents. In fact the CF platform itself never sees the file or its contents - it is purely processed by the CLI on the client side.
The application.yml file is used by Spring Boot and the contents are provided to the app via #ConfigurationProperties and other means.
These are two completely separate concepts and mechanisms, both of which happen to use the YAML data format.