Spring Framework 6.1.4 · org.springframework.beans.factory.config.YamlPropertiesFactoryBean

Factory for java.util.Properties that reads from a YAML source, exposing a flat structure of String property values.

YAML is a nice human-readable format for configuration, and it has some useful hierarchical properties. It's more or less a superset of JSON, so it has a lot of similar features.

Note: All exposed values are of type String for access through the common Properties#getProperty method (e.g. in configuration property resolution through PropertyResourceConfigurer#setProperties(Properties)). If this is not desirable, use YamlMapFactoryBean instead.

The Properties created by this factory have nested paths for hierarchical objects, so for instance this YAML

environments:
  dev:
    url: https://dev.bar.com
    name: Developer Setup
  prod:
    url: https://foo.bar.com
    name: My Cool App

is transformed into these properties:

environments.dev.url=https://dev.bar.com
environments.dev.name=Developer Setup
environments.prod.url=https://foo.bar.com
environments.prod.name=My Cool App

Lists are split as property keys with [] dereferencers, for example this YAML:

servers:
- dev.bar.com
- foo.bar.com

becomes properties like this:

servers[0]=dev.bar.com
servers[1]=foo.bar.com

Requires SnakeYAML 2.0 or higher, as of Spring Framework 6.1.

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private Properties	properties
private boolean	singleton

Constructor Summary

Access	Constructor and Description
public	YamlPropertiesFactoryBean()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public 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 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<?>	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 boolean	isSingleton() Overrides default org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean.isSingleton. Is the object managed by this factory a singleton?
public void	setSingleton(boolean singleton) Set if a singleton should be created, or a new object on each request otherwise.

Inherited from org.springframework.beans.factory.config.YamlProcessor:: createYaml getFlattenedMap process setDocumentMatchers setMatchDefault setResolutionMethod setResources setSupportedTypes

Field Detail

properties	back to summary
private Properties properties Annotations @Nullable

singleton	back to summary
private boolean singleton

Constructor Detail

YamlPropertiesFactoryBean	back to summary
public YamlPropertiesFactoryBean()

Method Detail

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afterPropertiesSet	back to summary
public void afterPropertiesSet() 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

public void afterPropertiesSet()

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

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createProperties	back to summary
protected Properties createProperties() Template method that subclasses may override to construct the object returned by this factory. The default implementation returns a properties with the content of all resources. Invoked lazily the first time `getObject()` is invoked in case of a shared singleton; else, on each `getObject()` call. Returns:Properties the object returned by this factory See Also `process(MatchCallback)`

protected Properties createProperties()

Template method that subclasses may override to construct the object returned by this factory. The default implementation returns a properties with the content of all resources.

Invoked lazily the first time getObject() is invoked in case of a shared singleton; else, on each getObject() call.

Returns:Properties: the object returned by this factory
See Also: process(MatchCallback)

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getObject	back to summary
public Properties getObject() 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

public Properties getObject()

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

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getObjectType	back to summary
public Class<?> 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<?> the type of object that this FactoryBean creates, or `null` if not known at the time of the call Annotations @Override

public Class<?> 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<?>

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

Annotations

@Override

isSingleton back to summary

isSingleton	back to summary
public 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

public 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

setSingleton	back to summary
public void setSingleton(boolean singleton) Set if a singleton should be created, or a new object on each request otherwise. Default is `true` (a singleton).

public Class YamlPropertiesFactoryBean

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