Spring Boot: Read list of values from properties file

Question

I have properties file with below list of values

prop.myVariable=v1,v2,v3

i tried to read them using spring boot as below:

@Value("#{'${prop.myVariable}'.split(',')}")
public static List<String> allowList;

When i was trying to execute it, it's not able to read and getting java.lang.NullPointerException

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 20 '20 at 14:44

Static members are initialized before loading the properties. To workaround this issue, use setter injection:

public static List<String> allowList;

@Value("#{'${prop.myVariable}'.split(',')}")
public void setAllowList(List<String> list) {
    allowList = list;
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 26 '20 at 08:07

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I ended up doing this:

@Value("#{'${prop.myVariable}'.split(',')}")
private List<String> allowedCharacteristics;

edited May 26 '20 at 08:07

Aniket Sahrawat

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answered Mar 20 '20 at 17:04

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 20 '20 at 17:36

As I can see you are using the following code, why would you even want to save the properties to a "list"

List<String> allowList;
@Value("#{'${prop.myVariable}'.split(',')}") 
public List<String> setAllowList(List<String> list) { 
  this.list= list;
 } 
String Chars = myProperties.getConfigValue("prop.myVariable"); 
List<String> allowedCharacteristics = setCharacteristics(Chars);

You have to store the properties to "allowlist", use the following code below

@Value("#{'${prop.myVariable}'.split(',')}")
public void setAllowList(List<String> list) {
    allowList = list;
}

please follow this thread -> How to access a value defined in the application.properties file in Spring Boot if you have to specifically use "getConfigValue()".

Spring Boot: Read list of values from properties file

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