Inject property to spring bean using annotation - spring

Question

As explained here and here it is quite clear how to do it but still can't seem to make it work.
I simply like to use the #Value annotation in order to inject a property to a spring bean. I created a basic spring MVC project with one controller and one bean.
Here is my application context:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util" xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xsi:schemaLocation="
http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-3.1.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee/spring-jee-3.1.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.1.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/task http://www.springframework.org/schema/task/spring-task-3.1.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/oxm http://www.springframework.org/schema/oxm/spring-oxm-3.1.xsd">
<!-- Root Context: defines shared resources visible to all other web components -->
<context:component-scan base-package="me.co.fatsecret" />
<!-- Properties -->
<bean id="props"
class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="location" value="classpath:fatProperties.properties" />
</bean>
</beans>
I have one bean called Configuration:
package me.co.fatsecret;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
#Component
public class Configuration {
/*--- Members ---*/
#Value("${api_key}")
protected String API_KEY;
#Value("${api_secret}")
protected String API_SECRET;
#Value("${api_url}")
protected String API_URL;
/*--- Constructors ---*/
public Configuration() {
}
/*--- Getters & Setters ---*/
public String getAPI_KEY() {
return API_KEY;
}
public void setAPI_KEY(String aPI_KEY) {
API_KEY = aPI_KEY;
}
public String getAPI_SECRET() {
return API_SECRET;
}
public void setAPI_SECRET(String aPI_SECRET) {
API_SECRET = aPI_SECRET;
}
public String getAPI_URL() {
return API_URL;
}
public void setAPI_URL(String aPI_URL) {
API_URL = aPI_URL;
}
}
Now I have only one controller, injected with this Configuration class and as I call this controller I see that the values in the Configuration class are not populated right.
My properties file is located under the resources folder (src/main/resources) and is a part of my classpath (done by default since this is a maven project). Here it is:
api_url=http://platform.fatsecret.com/js?
api_key=SomeKey
api_secret=SomeSecret
The file name is fatProperties.properties.
As I debug my server when calling the controller I see that the content of the Configuration class is:
${api_key}
${api_secret}
${api_url}
This is the actual value of the Strings, wich means that the vales from the properties file are not getting injected for some reason.
Am I missing something here?
UPDATE1: I replaced the PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer bean with:
<context:property-placeholder location="classpath:fatProperties.properties"/>
Getting the same result

Answer 1

Ok, got it!
I'm using a spring MVC project, which means I have a separated context for my web layer (the controllers). The "Configuration" bean which hods the properties using the #Value annotation is injected to a controller. My property-placeholder is defined within my root-context hence it cannot be seen from my controller. To resolve the issue I simply added the property-placeholder definition to my DispatcherServlet context and it works like a charm :)

Answer 2

Add this to your application context file:
<context:property-placeholder location="classpath:fatProperties.properties" />

Answer 3

Try
#Value("#{props['api_key']}")
private String apiKey;