java - Spring from scratch - Bug on context:property-placeholder -

i'm doing test on very, simple application using spring.

my app have have one bean , i'm injecting simple string class , printing value. so far working.

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what need:

i want string configuration file, create file inside /src/main/resource

what did:

1) on application-context.xml add:

<context:property-placeholder location="classpath:myconfigfile.properties" /> 

2) on application-context.xml change simple string use ${name_test}:

<bean id="hello" class="com.dummy.sayhello">     <property name="name" value="${name_test}" /> </bean> 

3) double check myconfigfile.properties , contains "name_test=jacktheripper"

4) output not 'translating' value config file, have output when run app:

hello ${name_test} 

and i'm stuck here, clue, tips???

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just fyi

• i use this tutorial tests, maybe help.
• i add log4j maven dependencies , log4j config file , works fine! spring , log4j finding files inside "src/main/resource"
• i'm using maven, , run app, i'm using:

  mvn clean compile exec:java

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solution explanation:

the root cause how getting application-context.xml on java class.

i doing:

beanfactory factory = new xmlbeanfactory(new classpathresource("application-context.xml")); 

and after post change to:

applicationcontext context = new classpathxmlapplicationcontext("application-context.xml"); 

• a place understand , read here
• thanks help!

the problem can imagine here use beanfactory instead of applicationcontext. compared applicationcontext, beanfactory misses advanced features including automatic registration of postprocessors, necessary <context:property-placeholder>.