In Spring Boot, you can use the ${}
syntax in property files to reference externalized configuration properties. If a property is not found, you can provide a default value using the :
operator. Here's an example:
Assuming you have a property in your application.properties
file:
my.property=${property.value:default}
In this example, ${property.value:default}
means that Spring Boot will attempt to look up the value for my.property
from the externalized configuration. If the value is not found, it will default to "default"
.
If property.value
is defined in your configuration, it will take that value. Otherwise, it will fall back to the default value "default"
.
You can also use this approach in the @Value
annotation in your Spring components:
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
@Component
public class MyComponent {
@Value("${property.value:default}")
private String myProperty;
// Rest of the component code
}
In this case, if property.value
is found, myProperty
will be assigned that value. Otherwise, it will default to "default"
.