This time we will demonstrate how to inject a java.util.Properties. This class store a key-value pairs of data where the key and the values are both in string. You can use the <props> element to wire a property collections.
The bean we use in this example is taken from the previous example How do I inject collections using list element in Spring?.
Let’s create the configuration file and call it CollectionProps.xml.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd">
<bean id="song1" class="org.kodejava.example.spring.collections.Song">
<property name="title" value="I Saw Her Standing There" />
<property name="writer" value="Beatles" />
</bean>
<bean id="song2" class="org.kodejava.example.spring.collections.Song">
<property name="title" value="Misery" />
<property name="writer" value="Beatles" />
</bean>
<bean id="song3" class="org.kodejava.example.spring.collections.Song">
<property name="title" value="Anna (Go to Him)" />
<property name="writer" value="Beatles" />
</bean>
<bean id="publisher" class="org.kodejava.example.spring.collections.Publisher">
<property name="name" value="EMI Studios"/>
</bean>
<bean id="album" class="org.kodejava.example.spring.collections.Album">
<property name="title" value="Please Please Me"/>
<property name="year" value="1963"/>
<property name="props">
<props>
<prop key="color">Black</prop>
<prop key="type">CD</prop>
<prop key="duration">1 Hour</prop>
</props>
</property>
</bean>
</beans>
To wire property collections we use the <props> element. This element can have many <prop> in it. The key of the property defined by the key attribute of this element. The value of the property is set in the body of this element.
As usual let’s create a simple program to run it:
package org.kodejava.example.spring.collections;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
public class DemoProps {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ApplicationContext context =
new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
new String[] {"CollectionProps.xml"});
Album album = (Album) context.getBean("album");
System.out.println("Album = " + album);
}
}
When you run it, it will produce the following output:
Album = Album{title='Please Please Me', year=1963,
songs=[],
publisher={},
props={color=Black, type=CD, duration=1 Hour}}
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