java - How to show values from property file in JSP in a spring MVC app

Question

I'm setting my properties in app-servlet.xml with a bean like this:

    <bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
            <property name="location" value="/WEB-INF/my.properties"></property>
    </bean>

Most of the time I access the properties in my controllers or other classes like this:

@Value("${dbtype}")
public String dbType;

But what if I want to use a property in a JSP file and bypass the controller. Meaning I don't want the value type being passed from the controller to the JSP as a model attribute.

Is there a way to access properties directly in a jsp?

Answer 1

Spring config

<util:properties id="propertyConfigurer" 
                  location="classpath:yourPropertyFileClasspathHere "/>
<context:property-placeholder properties-ref="propertyConfigurer" />

jsp

<spring:eval expression="@propertyConfigurer.getProperty('propertyNameHere')" />