If a bean class comes from an external library (eg my own commons library), how can I populate that bean using @ConfigurationProperties?
Example: from a commons library:
package com.my.commons.person;
import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
@Validated
public class CommonPerson {
private @NotNull String name;
private @NotNull String age;
public String getName() { return name; }
public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; }
public String getAge() { return age; }
public void setAge(String age) { this.age = age; }
}
Implementation project:
package com.my.api;
@SpringBootApplication
public class MainApp extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
@Bean
@ConfigurationProperties("commons.person")
public CommonPerson person() {
return new CommonPerson();
}
}
application.properties (also only in the implementation project):
commons.person.name=Dummy
commons.person.age=30
Result:
application startup fails due to validation exception. o.s.b.b.PropertiesConfigurationFactory : Field error in object 'commons.person' on field 'name': rejected value [null]...
By the way: if I move the CommonPerson directly into the implementation project, the code works as expected. It just only does not work if the class is coming from external...
According to the docs this should work though: @ConfigurationProperties on thirdparty classes
I'm loading my commons package with maven:
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.5.9.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath/>
</parent>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.my.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>person-commons</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
