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org.springframework.beans.factory.config

public Class PropertiesFactoryBean

extends PropertiesLoaderSupport
implements FactoryBean<Properties>, InitializingBean
Class Inheritance
All Implemented Interfaces
org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean, org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean
Imports
java.io.IOException, java.util.Properties, org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean, .InitializingBean, org.springframework.core.io.support.PropertiesLoaderSupport, org.springframework.lang.Nullable

Allows for making a properties file from a classpath location available as Properties instance in a bean factory. Can be used to populate any bean property of type Properties via a bean reference.

Supports loading from a properties file and/or setting local properties on this FactoryBean. The created Properties instance will be merged from loaded and local values. If neither a location nor local properties are set, an exception will be thrown on initialization.

Can create a singleton or a new object on each request. Default is a singleton.

Author
Juergen Hoeller
See Also
setLocation, setProperties, setLocalOverride, java.util.Properties

Field Summary

Modifier and TypeField and Description
private boolean
private Properties
Inherited from org.springframework.core.io.support.PropertiesLoaderSupport:
localOverridelocalPropertieslogger

Constructor Summary

AccessConstructor and Description
public

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public final void
afterPropertiesSet()

Implements org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean.afterPropertiesSet.

Invoked by the containing BeanFactory after it has set all bean properties and satisfied BeanFactoryAware, ApplicationContextAware etc.

This method allows the bean instance to perform validation of its overall configuration and final initialization when all bean properties have been set.

protected Properties

Returns:

the object returned by this factory
createProperties
()

Template method that subclasses may override to construct the object returned by this factory.

public final Properties
getObject()

Implements org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean.getObject.

Return an instance (possibly shared or independent) of the object managed by this factory.
public Class<Properties>
getObjectType()

Implements org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean.getObjectType.

Return the type of object that this FactoryBean creates, or null if not known in advance.
public final boolean
isSingleton()

Overrides default org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean.isSingleton.

Is the object managed by this factory a singleton?
public final void
setSingleton(boolean singleton)

Set whether a shared 'singleton' Properties instance should be created, or rather a new Properties instance on each request.

Inherited from org.springframework.core.io.support.PropertiesLoaderSupport:
loadPropertiesmergePropertiessetFileEncodingsetIgnoreResourceNotFoundsetLocalOverridesetLocationsetLocationssetPropertiessetPropertiesArraysetPropertiesPersister

Field Detail

singletonback to summary
private boolean singleton
singletonInstanceback to summary
private Properties singletonInstance
Annotations
@Nullable

Constructor Detail

PropertiesFactoryBeanback to summary
public PropertiesFactoryBean()

Method Detail

afterPropertiesSetback to summary
public final void afterPropertiesSet() throws IOException

Implements org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean.afterPropertiesSet.

Doc from org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean.afterPropertiesSet.

Invoked by the containing BeanFactory after it has set all bean properties and satisfied BeanFactoryAware, ApplicationContextAware etc.

This method allows the bean instance to perform validation of its overall configuration and final initialization when all bean properties have been set.

Annotations
@Override
createPropertiesback to summary
protected Properties createProperties() throws IOException

Template method that subclasses may override to construct the object returned by this factory. The default implementation returns the plain merged Properties instance.

Invoked on initialization of this FactoryBean in case of a shared singleton; else, on each getObject() call.

Returns:Properties

the object returned by this factory

Exceptions
IOException:
if an exception occurred during properties loading
See Also
mergeProperties()
getObjectback to summary
public final Properties getObject() throws IOException

Implements org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean.getObject.

Doc from org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean.getObject.

Return an instance (possibly shared or independent) of the object managed by this factory.

As with a BeanFactory, this allows support for both the Singleton and Prototype design pattern.

If this FactoryBean is not fully initialized yet at the time of the call (for example because it is involved in a circular reference), throw a corresponding FactoryBeanNotInitializedException.

As of Spring 2.0, FactoryBeans are allowed to return null objects. The factory will consider this as normal value to be used; it will not throw a FactoryBeanNotInitializedException in this case anymore. FactoryBean implementations are encouraged to throw FactoryBeanNotInitializedException themselves now, as appropriate.

Returns:Properties

an instance of the bean (can be null)

Annotations
@Override
@Nullable
getObjectTypeback to summary
public Class<Properties> getObjectType()

Implements org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean.getObjectType.

Doc from org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean.getObjectType.

Return the type of object that this FactoryBean creates, or null if not known in advance.

This allows one to check for specific types of beans without instantiating objects, for example on autowiring.

In the case of implementations that are creating a singleton object, this method should try to avoid singleton creation as far as possible; it should rather estimate the type in advance. For prototypes, returning a meaningful type here is advisable too.

This method can be called before this FactoryBean has been fully initialized. It must not rely on state created during initialization; of course, it can still use such state if available.

Note

Autowiring will simply ignore FactoryBeans that return null here. Therefore, it is highly recommended to implement this method properly, using the current state of the FactoryBean.

Returns:Class<Properties>

the type of object that this FactoryBean creates, or null if not known at the time of the call

Annotations
@Override
isSingletonback to summary
public final boolean isSingleton()

Overrides default org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean.isSingleton.

Doc from org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean.isSingleton.

Is the object managed by this factory a singleton? That is, will getObject() always return the same object (a reference that can be cached)?

Note

If a FactoryBean indicates to hold a singleton object, the object returned from getObject() might get cached by the owning BeanFactory. Hence, do not return true unless the FactoryBean always exposes the same reference.

The singleton status of the FactoryBean itself will generally be provided by the owning BeanFactory; usually, it has to be defined as singleton there.

Note

This method returning false does not necessarily indicate that returned objects are independent instances. An implementation of the extended SmartFactoryBean interface may explicitly indicate independent instances through its SmartFactoryBean#isPrototype() method. Plain FactoryBean implementations which do not implement this extended interface are simply assumed to always return independent instances if the isSingleton() implementation returns false.

The default implementation returns true, since a FactoryBean typically manages a singleton instance.

Returns:boolean

whether the exposed object is a singleton

Annotations
@Override
setSingletonback to summary
public final void setSingleton(boolean singleton)

Set whether a shared 'singleton' Properties instance should be created, or rather a new Properties instance on each request.

Default is "true" (a shared singleton).